Definition of PLIGHT

plight

Plural: plights

Noun

  • a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
    • "the woeful plight of homeless people"
  • a solemn pledge of fidelity
  • A dire or unfortunate situation.
  • A (neutral) condition or state.
  • Good health.
  • Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
  • An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
  • Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
  • One's office; duty; charge.
  • That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
  • A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

Verb

Verb Forms: plighted, plighting, plights

  • To solemnly promise or bind oneself by a pledge.
  • give to in marriage
  • promise solemnly and formally
  • To expose to risk; to pledge.
  • Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
  • To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
  • To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Examples

  • He would PLIGHT his honor that ’QI’ is a legitimate word in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk"; see Etymology 2) and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)).

Scrabble Score: 12

plight: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
plight: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plight: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

plight: valid Words With Friends Word