PLAINTIVE

Plain″tive (?), a. [[F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]] 1. 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden.
2. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. “The most plaintive ditty.” Landor.
— Plain″tive‐ly, adv. — Plain″tive‐ness, n.