plaint
plaint · plaints
A complaintA complaint.
/pleɪnt/
Значение
значений: 4A complaint.
(архаичное, поэтическое)A lament or woeful cry.
a cry of sorrow and grief
(архаичное)A sad song.
(Британия, архаичное)An accusation.
Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.
Происхождение
From Middle English plainte, borrowed from Anglo-Norman plainte (“lamentation”), plaint (“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”), from Latin planctus (“a beating of the breast in lamentation, beating, lamentation”), from Latin plango (“to beat one's breast, to lament”); see plain.
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Формы
мн. число: plaintsСинонимы
синонимов: 3Близкие по смыслу
- a cry of sorrow and grief:lamentlamentationwail