2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. ``The most plaintive ditty.'' --Landor. [1913 Webster] -- {Plain"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Plain"tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
plaintiveness — plaintive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sounding sad and mournful. DERIVATIVES plaintively adverb plaintiveness noun. ORIGIN Old French, from plaindre complain … English terms dictionary
plaintiveness — noun see plaintive … New Collegiate Dictionary
plaintiveness — See plaintively. * * * … Universalium
plaintiveness — noun The state or condition of being plaintive … Wiktionary
plaintiveness — plain·tive·ness … English syllables
plaintiveness — noun expressing sorrowfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plaintive • Hypernyms: ↑mournfulness, ↑sorrowfulness, ↑ruthfulness * * * noun see plaintive * * * plainˈtivene … Useful english dictionary
Lamentation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Expression of pain. < N PARAG:Lamentation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lament lament lamentation Sgm: N 1 wail wail complaint plaint murmur mutter grumble groan moan whine … English dictionary for students
Essential — Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See {Essence}.] 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. [1913 Webster] Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever in it an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Essential character — Essential Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See {Essence}.] 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. [1913 Webster] Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Essential disease — Essential Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See {Essence}.] 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. [1913 Webster] Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
