plaining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪnɪŋ/
• Homophone: planing

Verb

plaining

1. present participle and gerund of plain

Noun

plaining (plural plainings)

1. 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, (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...