Plight is a bad or unfortunate situation.
(noun)An example of plight is living in poverty.
See plight in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME plit, state, condition < Anglo-Fr for OFr pleit, a fold, way of folding, condition (see plait): sense infl. by ME plight < OE pliht: see plight
transitive verb
Origin: ME plihten < OE plihtan, to pledge, expose to danger < pliht, a pledge, danger, akin to pleon, to risk, Ger pflicht, duty
noun
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , alteration (influenced by plight, risky promise or pledge)
Origin: of plit, fold, wrinkle, situation
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman
Origin: , from Latin plicitum
Origin: , neuter past participle of plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots
.transitive verb plight·ed, plight·ing, plights
Origin:
Origin: Middle English plighten
Origin: , from Old English plihtan, to endanger, put at risk
Origin: , from pliht, danger, risk; see dlegh- in Indo-European roots
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