pleyn
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