| 释义 |
plainful, a. arch.|ˈpleɪnfʊl|
[f. plain n.2 or stem of plain v. + -ful 1.]
a. Distressing, pitiful, grievous.
b. That mourns, or emits a mournful sound.
1568T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 127 Let learned heads describe their playnfull plight. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 33/2 Instead of night's black-bird and plainful owl, Infernal furies here do yell and howl. 1906Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 3/4 The hero of this plainful story.
Hence † ˈplainfulness Obs.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. Plangus & Basilius 151 From how much mourning plainfulnesse. |