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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plain1
▶adjective
- 1 not decorated or elaborate; simple or ordinary.
■ without a pattern; in only one colour.
■ unmarked; without identification: a plain envelope.
- 2 easy to perceive or understand; clear.
■ not using concealment or deception; frank: he recalled her plain speaking.
- 3 (of a person) having no pretensions; not remarkable or special.
■ (of a woman or girl) not marked by any particular beauty; ordinary-looking.
- 4 sheer; simple (used for emphasis).
- 5 (of a knitting stitch) made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from left to right. Compare with purl1.
- 1 used for emphasis: that's just plain stupid.
- 2 clearly; unequivocally.
– derivatives
plainly adverb,
plainness noun.
plainly adverb,
plainness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. plain, from L. planus, from a base meaning ‘flat’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plain2
▶verb archaic
- 1 mourn; lament.
- 2 complain.
– origin ME: from OFr. plaindre, from L. plangere ‘to lament’.
'plain' also found in these Oxford entries:
Anglo-Saxon
- argyle
- bald
- bittersweet chocolate
- blank
- block capitals
- broadcloth
- cake flour
- calico
- campo
- chesterfield
- cookie
- cot
- court shoe
- crash
- crotchet
- dark chocolate
- Doric
- Eden
- evident
- explain
- fall line
- fillet
- flood plain
- garter stitch
- gingham
- hiragana
- holm
- humeral
- hunting
- inselberg
- jane
- knit
- Latin cross
- litotes
- llanero
- llano
- mandarin jacket
- Mao
- mare
- moss stitch
- muslin
- necking
- nude
- Olympic Games
- oratory
- palpable
- pampas
- pampero
- peneplain
Forum discussions with the word(s) "plain" in the title:
"affixed to a plain brown envelope"
"Can I get pure/plain black coffee, please?"
a pint of plain
Bare/Plain (property) Ownership?
But you must own she is very plain.
eaten plain,as toast
Just plain wrong
lowlands or plain
make~plain infinitive vs make~to infinitive
Plain
plain "to" vs. "in order to"
plain analytics
plain as day in daylight
Plain Brow
plain brow/plane brow
plain buns
plain dumb
plain mad
plain ol’ turkey
plain old
plain pieces of paper
Plain strong flour ?
plain tea?
plain verb or past participle
plain view
plain women are worse off
plain/casual clothes
plain/smooth
plotted plain?
smooth/plain surface
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"Can I get pure/plain black coffee, please?"
a pint of plain
Bare/Plain (property) Ownership?
But you must own she is very plain.
eaten plain,as toast
Just plain wrong
lowlands or plain
make~plain infinitive vs make~to infinitive
Plain
plain "to" vs. "in order to"
plain analytics
plain as day in daylight
Plain Brow
plain brow/plane brow
plain buns
plain dumb
plain mad
plain ol’ turkey
plain old
plain pieces of paper
Plain strong flour ?
plain tea?
plain verb or past participle
plain view
plain women are worse off
plain/casual clothes
plain/smooth
plotted plain?
smooth/plain surface
more...
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