plaintful

English

Alternative forms

plaintfull

Etymology

From plaint +‎ -ful.

Adjective

plaintful (comparative more plaintful, superlative most plaintful)

1. (obsolete) complaining; sorrowful
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     my plaintful tongue

References

• “plaintful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.