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P________
Definitions
expressing sorrow
Word origin
From Middle English pleintif, plentyff, from Old French pleintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”) (whence modern French plaintif), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint. Doublet of plaintiff.
Used in a sentence
“a typically plaintive song from Radiohead”
“I can see by your plaintive smile something is wrong, so spill it.”
“When my wife and I heard a plaintive whinny from our laundry room the other day, we knew that our old dryer had cycled its last load.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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