plaintive
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French plaintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pleɪntɪv/
[edit] Adjective
plaintive (comparative more plaintive, superlative most plaintive)
- Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic
[edit] External links
- plaintive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- plaintive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
