plaint
Meaning
- A complaint.
- (archaic, poetic) A lament or woeful cry.
- (archaic) A sad song.
- (UK, archaic) An accusation.
Synonyms
seeking aid or justice
Translations
lamentela
figan
Klageschrift
queja
aanklacht
lamentoPronounced as (IPA)
/pleɪnt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English plainte, borrowed from Anglo-Norman plainte (“lamentation”), plaint (“lament”), and Old French pleinte (“lamentation”), pleint (“lament”) (modern French plainte), from Medieval Latin plancta (“plaint”), from Latin planctus (“a beating of the breast in lamentation, beating, lamentation”), from Latin plango (“I beat the breast, I lament”); see plain.
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