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单词 plaintless
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plaintlessadj.

Brit. /ˈpleɪntlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpleɪntlᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plaint n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < plaint n. + -less suffix.
Chiefly poetic.
Uncomplaining; without complaint; without lament.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective]
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uncomplaining1744
1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. 45 By Woe, the Soul to daring Action swells; By Woe, in plaintless Patience It excels.
1761 H. Brooke Earl of Essex v. 66 Fill my breast With hope, and purest faith, that on the block I may lye down, as on the plaintless bed Of sleeping infancy.
a1851 E. Quillinan Poems (1853) 251 In that dread humour of the prostrate mind When plaintless grief is but despair resign'd.
1871 Catholic World June 376/1 The patient, plaintless manner in which she bore her pains.
1886 E. Fawcett Romance & Revery 64 Then sought the Archangel, plaintless and alone, This ancient star whose orb should be his tomb.
1930 N. R. A. Becker in V. G. Burns Red Harvest 305 He hears That pensive, plaintless call: ‘Ten years? Can that be all?’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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