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plaintiveness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plaintive \Plain"tive\, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plaintiveness n : expressing sorrowfulness
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