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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Plaint-,) Playntuous, Plantuous, Plentuous, a. Also: plaint-, plantwis, -uis, -ius, -ewis, -wes, playntvys, planetuis; playnteous, -ous(e, planteous(e, -eus, -ews, plente(i)ous, -eus, -ius, -us; plantous(e, planetous, plentous. [Med. L. planctuosus. Only Sc.] Only predic. To be plaintuous: a. To have a grievance. b. (Chiefly) to express a complaint, esp. a formal one.Also const. of or on (upon) the matter or the person or that something is the case.(a) 1482 Acts II. 144/2.
That strangearis … that ar playntuous of ony gudis takin fra thame … sal haue … payment 1563 Reg. Privy C. I. 244.
The lait attemptatis quhairof ye ar plantuous in youre lettir(b) 1565 Reg. Privy C. I. 414.
Gif ony of oure trew subjectis be … plentuous of him 1474 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 31.
Gif ony man beis plentuous of ony wirk or of ony wirkman 1593 Ib. V. 102.
The malt mylnis … hes bene evill servit of ane mylne wricht … quhair upoun … the fermoreris baxters and maltmen hes bene plentuous(c) 1448 Acts I. 351/1.
Ony man beand plaintys [Balfour Pract. 592 plenteis] of reif of his presoner … sall find a borgh … vpoun the perty that he is plaintwis [Balfour Pract. 592 plenteous] of 1476 Acta Aud. 41/2.
Plaintwis 1480 Thanes of Cawdor 437.
In ony … placis that ony of the saidis parteis is playntvys on uther 1521 Dundee B. Ct. I. fol. 40 (17 July).
The deliuerance … the quhilk Jhon Leith is playntwis of and of the saidis jugis 1524 Dumbarton B. Rec. App. ii. 4.
Quhare one thai war plaintwes upone the forsadis nychtbouris 1623 Peebles B. Rec. I. 363.
That … ye call … sick persounes as the saidis bailyeis … ar plaintuis of(d) 1472 Rooseboom Sc. Staple App. xli. No. 32.
Plantwis 1503 Acts II. 242/1.
[That the sheriff] sall sit to justice in Dornok & Wik as the caus requiris that it is plantewis of 1505 Mill Mediæv. Plays 136.
Plantuis 1529 Bk. Carlaverock II. 2.
Als scho is planetuis that ȝe haue ane bruther of ȝouris … quhilk withhaldis fra hir [etc.] 1553 Corr. M. Lorraine 366.
Plentius(e) 1490 Acta Conc. I. 167/2.
Thai sall mak reddres … to all the kingis liegis plantevs on thaim c1500 Barounis Lawis fol. 16.
Him … of quham he is plantews of 1506 Exch. R. XII. 710.
All … that ar plantewis within the boundis of the Ilis 1517–18 Acta Conc. MS. XXX. 189.
That every poynt be undirstand quharin scho is planteous 1524 Acta Conc. Public Aff. 209.
In safer as ony Scottisman was planteous of thift committit be thame 1531 James V in St. P. Henry VIII IV. 592.
Planteouse(f) 1593 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 80.
Lyke as sindrie nichtbouris ar playnteous thairof [sc. misuse of fire-arms] 1613 Ib. VI. 100.
In respect that the sessioun of the kirk is playnteous of him for his evill lyfe(g) 1530 Acta Conc. Public Aff. 334.
Geif ony persons be plenteious of ony of the inhabitantis … I sall satisfie the plenaris 1538 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 158.
Quhilkis vachis ansuirit that thai var nocht plenteous apoun nane of thame 1540 Macritchie Gypsies 34.
To nayme … samony of thair company as he was plenteus on for the thiftous waytaking of his money 1549 Soc. Ant. XI. 90.
I beleif the same [allegation] is nocht trew becaus the curat is nocht plenteous and that I hard nay vord therof 1577 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. 30.
The toun and vtheris beand plenteous of the ewill seruice done at the ferie boit 1587 Edinb. Test. XVIII. 68 b.
To pay his dettis safar as ony is plenteous of him 1616 Haddington Corr. 132.
We intend to gif Ingland full satisfactioun in quhatsumever they ar plenteous of in ony of our pepill(h) 1444 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 12.
The alderman … sperit at the said merchandis … gine thai war oght playntouse of ony … induellar of this burgh 14.. Quon. Attach. c. 2.
To stand to the law agayne his partys on him playntous(i) 1483 Acta Aud. 130*/2.
Gif scho be plantous of ony temporale personis that scho mak thaim be lauchfully callit 1529 James V in St. P. Henry VIII IV. 548.
[Offences] quhair of our derrest uncle hes bene planetous(j) 1561 Peebles B. Rec. I. 274.
That … the baillies … ansuer for thame [strangers] that na man be plentus of thame 1601 Rec. Earld. Orkney 175.
All landis quhair ony of the saidis parteis ar plentous