plight Definition

plight¹
noun

1. A danger, difficulty or situation of hardship that one finds oneself in; a predicament.

Thesaurus: dilemma, predicament, difficulty, jam (slang), impasse, quandary, pickle (slang), scrape, straits.

Etymology: 14c as plit a fold or condition: from French pleit, from Latin plicare to fold, influenced by the spelling of plight².

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plight²
verb

plighted, plighting
1. old use
To promise something solemnly; to pledge.

Idiom: plight one's troth

To pledge oneself in marriage.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon pliht peril or risk.