Definition for PLAINT'IVE

PLAINT'IVE, a. [Fr. plaintif.]

  1. Lamenting; complaining; expressive of sorrow; as, a plaintive sound or song. – Dryden.
  2. Complaining; expressing sorrow or grief; repining. To soothe the sorrows of her plaintive son. – Dryden.

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