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plaint
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ple?nt/
- Rhymes: -e?nt
Noun
plaint (plural plaints)
- (poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
- 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 11:
- 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.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter V, p. 75, [1]
- His shriek was as feeble as the plaint of a grass-stalk in a storm.
- 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 11:
- A complaint.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- 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:
- (archaic) A sad song.
- (archaic or Britain law) An accusation.
- Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.
Related terms
- complaint
- plaintiff
- plaintive
Further reading
- plaint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plaint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- -platin, Taplin, platin, pliant
French
Etymology
From Middle French plaint, pleint, from Old French plaint, pleint, from Latin planctus.
Verb
plaint m (feminine singular plainte, masculine plural plaints, feminine plural plaintes)
- past participle of plaindre
Related terms
- plainte
Anagrams
- pilant, pliant
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keening
English
Etymology
From Irish caoineadh.
Adjective
keening (not comparable)
- Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
- The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.
Noun
keening (countable and uncountable, plural keenings)
- Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake
- (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
Verb
keening
- present participle of keen
Anagrams
- kneeing
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