plaining

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

plaining

  1. present participle and gerund of plain

Noun

plaining (plural plainings)

  1. A lamentation.
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      And piteous plainings of the pretty babes, That mourn'd for fashion, ignorant what to fear...