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plaintive(dictionary)

lakish (iou) and plaintive (iou)


lakish (iou)



lakish adjective. L16.
[from LAKE noun2 + -ISH1.]
a. Having many lakes or pools. Only in L16.
b. Inhabiting a lake. M-L17.
c. Like a lake. L19.
Of or pertaining to the Lake poets; resembling the productions of the Lake poets. E19.

plaintive (iou)



plaintive adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French plaintif, -ive, from plaint(e PLAINT noun: see -IVE.]
Grieving, lamenting. Formerly also, suffering. Now rare. LME.
Dryden To sooth the sorrows of her plaintive son.
Being or pertaining to the plaintiff in a suit. LME-L16.
Expressing sorrow; mournful, sad. L16.
Aldous Huxley The words awoke a plaintive echo in Bernard's mind. E. Bowen Peter was glad to have Emmeline Home, and was plaintive with her for her absence. Face A plaintive song of lost love.
plaintively adverb L18.
plaintiveness noun L18.