PLAINT


Meaning of PLAINT in English

■ noun

1》 Law, Brit. an accusation; a charge.

2》 chiefly literary a com~ or lamentation.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ~e , feminine past participle of plaindre 'complain'.

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