1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden.
2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most
plaintive ditty." Landor.
— Plain"tive*ly, adv.
— Plain"tive*ness, n.
PLAINTLESS
Plaint"less, a.
Defn: Without complaint; unrepining. "Plaintless patience." Savage.
PLAISANCE
Plai`sance", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Pleasance.
PLAISE
Plaise, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Plaice. [Obs.]
PLAISTER
Plais"ter, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Plaster.