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
plaint
Synonyms
plaint
n.
plaint
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- error: Bartholomew did not prosecute ( his plaint of error ).
Converse of object
- hear: I haven't heard the plaint of the apparatchiks that the BBC is acting like the unofficial opposition for a while.
Browse dictionary entries near plaint
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- plainclothesman
- plainclothes man
- Plaintext
- plaintiff
- plaintive
- plaintively
- plaintiveness
- plaister
- plait
- plaiter
- plan
- plan of reorganization
