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complaint
mid-14c., from O.Fr.
complainte
(12c.) "complaint, lament," from L.L.
complancta
, related to
*complangere
(see
complain
). Meaning "bodily ailment" is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as
complaints
).
