plaintful
English
Alternative forms
plaintfull
Etymology
Adjective
plaintful (comparative more plaintful, superlative most plaintful)
- (obsolete) complaining; sorrowful
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- my plaintful tongue
References
- “plaintful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.