fain
adverb/feɪn/
/feɪn/
(old use)- willingly or with pleasure
- I would fain do as you ask.
Word OriginOld English fægen ‘happy, well pleased’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘rejoice’; related to fawn ‘to try to please someone by paying them too much attention’.Definitions on the go
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