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A.Word.A.Day--fain fain (fayn) adverb 1. Willingly; gladly. 2. Rather. adjective 1. Pleased. 2. Obliged. 3. Eager. [From Middle English, from Old English faegen (glad).] "... for Europe was where they fain all would be." Katherine Anne Porter; The Days Before; 1952. "So the delay continued, and Martimor was both busy and happy at the Mill, for he liked and loved this damsel well, and was fain of her company." Henry Van Dyke; The Mill. This week's theme: Anglo-Saxon words. X-Bonus Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. -Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

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