Etymology

plighty

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Today it means: Relating to or indicating plight; misfortunate; dire; precarious; needy Full definition →

Middle English plighty
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromplighty
  2. English todayplighty

From Middle English plighty, plighti, equivalent to plight + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.