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plaint
[ pleynt ]
noun
- a complaint.
- Law. a statement of grievance made to a court for the purpose of asking redress.
- a lament; lamentation.
plaint
/ pleɪnt /
noun
- archaic.a complaint or lamentation
- law a statement in writing of grounds of complaint made to a court of law and asking for redress of the grievance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plaint1
1175–1225; Middle English < Middle French < Latin planctus a striking or beating (the breast) in grief, equivalent to plang ( ere ) to beat, strike, mourn for + -tus, suffix of v. action
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plaint1
C13: from Old French plainte, from Latin planctus lamentation, from plangere to beat
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Example Sentences
He could not help but voice that plaint, as he had so many times before during that foggy, nightmare journey.
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There was no anger, however, in her voice, and not even a harsh plaint; only a detached accepted disenchantment.
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Slight as had been the light it provoked remonstrances and down the deck the plaint of a woman was heard.
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The Blue Bird heard this and did not lose a word, but waited to see who the lady was who had such a sorry plaint.
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At times it resembled the mournful plaint of the lonely dove, and then died away like the last notes of the expiring swan.
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