plaint
plaint definition
plaint (plānt)
noun
- Old Poet. lamentation; lament
- a complaint or grievance
Etymology: ME plainte < OFr < L planctus, lamentation, loud banging < pp. of plangere, to beat the breast, lament < IE base *plag-, to strike > flaw, Gr plēssein, to strike
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