pleyn
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, one of the variants of Old French plain, from Latin planus.
Adjective[edit]
pleyn
- clear; unambiguous
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- This is the poynt, to speken short and pleyn
- This is the point, to speak briefly and clearly
- This is the poynt, to speken short and pleyn
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “plein(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pleyn m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pleyne)
- Alternative form of plein