Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLAINT'IVE
PLAINT'IF, or PLAINT'IFFPLAINT'IVE-LY
PLAINT'IVE, a. [Fr. plaintif.]
- Lamenting; complaining; expressive of sorrow; as, a plaintive sound or song. – Dryden.
- Complaining; expressing sorrow or grief; repining. To soothe the sorrows of her plaintive son. – Dryden.
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