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   plaint

   /pleɪnt/

   noun

   • 1. an accusation or charge. British
   • 2. a complaint or lamentation: literary "it is a familiar plaint—no jobs for young researchers"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French plainte, feminine past participle of plaindre ‘complain’, or from Old French plaint, from Latin planctus ‘beating of the breast’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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