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plaint

UK/pleɪnt/ uncommon archaic uk

noun

1.

a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed

2.

a cry of sorrow and grief

  • “their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”
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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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