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Definition of Plaintful
1. a. Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.
Definition of Plaintful
1. Adjective. (obsolete) complaining; expressing sorrow audibly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plaintful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaintful
Literary usage of Plaintful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1916)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
2. The Golden Treasury by Francis Turner Palgrave (1906)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
3. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"0 Philomela fair, 0 take some gladness That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness ! Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth; Thy thorn without, ..."
4. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1902)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
5. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave, Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897 (1896)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
6. The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1916)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
7. The Golden Treasury by Francis Turner Palgrave (1906)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
8. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"0 Philomela fair, 0 take some gladness That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness ! Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth; Thy thorn without, ..."
9. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1902)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
10. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave, Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824-1897 (1896)
"O Philomela fair, O take some gladness, That here is juster cause of plaintful
sadness : Thine earth now springs, mine fadeth ; Thy thorn without, ..."
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