pleye

Middle English

/ˈplɛi̯(ə)/

noun
Definitions
  • Happiness, mirth, jolliness, or gaiety.
  • Fun, entertainment, recreation:
  • A codified entertainment activity; a game, especially one representing war.
  • A entertaining performance or activity:
  • A underhanded or misleading act; a con or illusion.
  • Foreplay, sexual entertainment, intercourse.
  • A move or deed; an action or plan.
  • An event or happening; something that occurs.
  • War; a battle, fight or conflict.
  • (rare) Seething, reaching of the boiling point.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English plæġ inherited from *plegō.

Origin

*plegō

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