plaint — [pleɪnt] noun [countable] LAW the reason why a plaintiff has brought a legal action against someone, or a written statement giving this reason; = complaint AmE see also plea * * * plaint … Financial and business terms
Plaint — Plaint, n. [OE. plainte, pleynte, F. plainte, fr. L. plangere, planctum (plancta, fem. p. p.), to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. {Complain}, {Plague}, {Plangent}.] 1. Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plaint — plaint, ainte (plin, plin t ) part. passé de plaindre. Qui est l objet de la pitié. • Plaint mais négligé par ceux qu il appelait ses amis, le Tasse...., VOLT. Ess. poés. ép. VII … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
plaint — I noun agony, anguish, complaint, cry, dirge, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distress, expression of discontent, expression of grief, expression of pain, grief, grieving, groan, lament, lamenta, lamentation, moan, outcry, querela,… … Law dictionary
plaint — [ pleınt ] noun count LITERARY a complaint … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
plaint — (n.) early 13c., expression of sorrow, from O.Fr. pleint, from L. planctus lamentation, beating, from plangere to lament, to strike (see PLAGUE (Cf. plague)). Connecting notion probably via beating one s breast in grief … Etymology dictionary
plaint — Plaint, [pl]ainte. part … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
plaint — [plānt] n. [ME plainte < OFr < L planctus, lamentation, loud banging < pp. of plangere, to beat the breast, lament < IE base * plag , to strike > FLAW2, Gr plēssein, to strike] 1. Old Poet. lamentation; lament 2. a complaint or… … English World dictionary
plaint — com·plaint; com·plaint·ive; plaint; plaint·ful; … English syllables
plaint — noun /pleɪnt/ a) A lament or woeful cry. <!ISBN 0 399 15232 6 page 499 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. b) A complaint. she seemed… … Wiktionary
plaint — [[t]ple͟ɪnt[/t]] plaints N COUNT A plaint is a complaint or a sad cry. [LITERARY] Somewhere a dog was howling, a forlorn, haunting plaint that echoed eerily upon the sea misted air … English dictionary
