Search Details

Word: plight (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A dire or unfortunate situation.
  • archaic That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  • Condition; state; — risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
  • obsolete A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
  • obsolete Danger, risk.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Verb:

  • transitive|now|_|rare To expose to risk; to pledge.
  • obsolete To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
  • reflexive To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
  • transitive Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »