playn

English

Adjective

playn

1. Obsolete spelling of plain.

Noun

playn

1. Obsolete spelling of plain.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• playne, plain, pleyn, pleyne

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French plain, plaine, pleine.

Adjective

playn

1. flat, level, even.
2. plain, simple, unadorned

Descendants

• English: plain
• Yola: plaine

References

• “plain(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.