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plaintive

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Main Entry: plain·tive
Pronunciation: \ˈplān-tiv\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English plaintif grieving, from Anglo-French pleintif, plaintif, from plaint
Date: 1579

: expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy <a plaintive sigh>

plain·tive·ly adverb

plain·tive·ness noun


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