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plaint
What does plaint mean?
plaint (noun): a complaint.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where does plaint come from?
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”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of plaint?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “plaint” mean?
a loud noise
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a stopping
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a complaint
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a tendency
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Which word is closest in meaning to “plaint”?
trance
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lament
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ordeal
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martyr
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