Definizione monolingua

plaint

plaint m. (f plainte, m plural plaints, f plural plaintes)

1. Past participle of plaindre

plaint (plural plaints)

1. (poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
   • 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 11:

     In the first paroxysm of his grief, Ingolfr exclaimed, (what sorrowing heart has not echoed his plaint?) that he could never more taste of joy.

2. A complaint.
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     she seemed to repeat, though with perceptible resignation, her plaint of a moment before. ‘Your father, darling, is a very odd person indeed.’

3. (archaic or UK law) An accusation.

   Once the plaint had been made there was nothing that could be done to revoke it.

Definizione dizionario plaint

lagnanza

lamentela

lamento

querela

Altri significati:

A cry of sorrow and grief.

(archaic or UK law) An accusation.

(poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.

A complaint.