PLAINTIVENESS

plaintiveness

(noun) expressing sorrowfulness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

plaintiveness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being plaintive.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 October 2024

RATE

(noun) a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; “the literacy rate”; “the retention rate”; “the dropout rate”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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