plaining
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleɪnɪŋ/
- Homophone: planing
Noun
plaining (plural plainings)
- 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (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...
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