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plaintive definition
plain·tive (plān′tiv)
adjective
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad
Etymology: ME pleintif < OFr plaintif: see plaintiff
Related Forms:
- plaintively plain′·tively adverb
- plaintiveness plain′·tive·ness noun
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