See Also: plight(1)(dictionary)
plight(2)(dictionary)
plight(3)(dictionary)
plight(4)(dictionary)
plight 1, noun(dictionary)
plight 2, verb(dictionary)

plight(3) (iou)



plight noun2. ME.
[Anglo-Norman plit var. of Old French ploit, pleit fold, PLAIT noun. In branch I perh. infl. by PLIGHT noun1.]
I.
Condition, state. Now esp. an unfortunate condition, a predicament. ME.
P. Heylin The Town remaining in as good plight..as most Towns..which want a navigable river. F. Raphael He was sympathetic to the victim's plight.
b. Manner, way. rare. LME-L16.
Bodily or physical condition; a healthy state; (good) health, now usu. of an animal. LME.
H. Martineau The fine plight of my cows.
State of mind, mood, esp. to do something. LME-E18.
State or position in law; the status of an enactment, privilege, etc; a person's legal standing. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
Attire, dress. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Spenser Sunburnt Indians..Their tawney bodies in their proudest plight.
II.
A fold of cloth or drapery; a pleat. LME-L17.
b. A fold in a natural structure; a convolution. M16-L17.
A unit of measure for lawn or other cloth. LME-M16.
A plait of hair; an interwoven mass. E17-E19.
Coleridge Tricks her hair in lovely plight.