Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without complaint; unrepining.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without complaint; unrepining.
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- adjective archaic Without
complaint ;uncomplaining .
Etymologies
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plaint + -less
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chained_bear commented on the word plaintless
"'And since we are on calamities and leeward shores, Mowett, tip us the piece about woe.'
"'I don't know that I quite remember it, sir,' said Mowett, blushing now that the whole table was attending to him.
"'Oh surely you do. The piece about not whining -- plaintless patience, you know: I make my little girls recite it.'
"'Well, sir, if you insist,' said Mowett, laying down his soup-spoon..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 81
February 13, 2008