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Definition of plain language in English: plain languagenoun 1Speech or writing that is direct, straightforward, unostentatious, or easily understood; (occasionally also, especially with intensifier) coarse or vulgar language. 2The manner of speech formerly traditional among members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (now rare).
Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. Definition of plain language in US English: plain languagenoun 1Speech or writing that is direct, straightforward, unostentatious, or easily understood; (occasionally also, especially with intensifier) coarse or vulgar language. 2The manner of speech formerly traditional among members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) (now rare).
Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Lydgate (c1370–c1449), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis. |