plaint

plaint
noun /pleɪnt/
a) A lament or woeful cry. <!ISBN 0-399-15232-6 page 499

In the first paroxysm of his grief, Ingolfr exclaimed, (what sorrowing heart has not echoed his plaint?) that he could never more taste of joy.

b) A complaint.

she seemed to repeat, though with perceptible resignation, her plaint of a moment before. ‘Your father, darling, is a very odd person indeed.’

See Also: complaint, plaintiff

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