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Plain

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Meaning

Adj

In Regional English & Landforms:
Flat, level.
  • Simple, unaltered.
  • Ordinary;
    or
    ; unembellished.
  • Of just one
    ;
    a pattern.
  • Simple in
    or
    ;
    , not
    , ordinary.
  • Having only few
    , or no
    or
    ; not
    , without
    or extras.
  • In Computing:
  • Simple, unaltered.
  • Containing no
    or
    (especially in
    text).
  • Obvious.
  • Evident to
    or
    ;
    ,
    , unmistakable.
  • Downright; total,
    (as intensifier).
  • Open.
  • Honest and without
    ;
    ,
    ; blunt.
  • Clear;
    ;
    ; fair.
  • In Appearance:
    Not
    ; unattractive.
    In Card games:
    Not a trump.
    Full,
    in number or extent.

    Adv

    Simply.
    Plainly; distinctly.

    Noun

    A lamentation.
    An
    of
    with
    , usually exclusive of
    ,
    , and wastelands.
    Synonym of
    a battlefield.
    Alternative
    of
    :
    field.

    Verb

    To complain.
    To
    , bewail.
    To level; to
    ; to make
    or even on the surface.
    To make
    or
    ; to explain.

    Name

    A surname.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    plain
    English
    arrow
    plain
    Old French (842-ca. 1400)
    arrow
    planum
    Latin
    arrow
    planus
    Latin
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    πλάνος
    Ancient Greek (to 1453)
    plenus
    Latin
    plainer
    Anglo-Norman
    pleyn
    English
    Sourced from
    Etym
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