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plaints

plaints is the plural of plaint.

Meaning of plaint

Noun

plaint (plural plaints)

  1. A complaint.
    • she seemed to repeat, though with perceptible resignation, her plaint of a moment before. ‘Your father, darling, is a very odd person indeed.’1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
  2. (archaic, poetic) A lament or woeful cry.
    • In the first paroxysm of his grief, Ingolfr exclaimed, (what sorrowing heart has not echoed his plaint?) that he could never more taste of joy.1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 11
  3. (archaic) A sad song.
  4. (UK, archaic) An accusation.
    • Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.

Questions about plaints

What is plaints the plural of?
Plaints is the plural of plaint.

Words near plaints in the dictionary

  1. plaintiffships
  2. plaintive
  3. plaintively
  4. plaintiveness
  5. plaintless
  6. plaints
  7. Plainview
  8. Plainville
  9. plainward
  10. plainwards
  11. plainware

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