plaint

Meaning

Noun

• A lament or woeful cry.
• A complaint.
• A sad song.
• An accusation.

Origin

• From Middle English plainte, borrowed from Anglo-Norman plainte ("lamentation"), plaint, and Old French pleinte ("lamentation"), pleint (modern French plainte), from Medieval Latin plancta ("plaint"), from Latin planctus ("a beating of the breast in lamentation, beating, lamentation"), from Latin plango; see plain.