plangent
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plan·gent
(plăn′jənt)adj.
1. Loud and resounding: plangent bells.
2. Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar" (Malcolm Lowry).
[Latin plangēns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]
plan′gen·cy n.
plan′gent·ly adv.
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plangent
(ˈplændʒənt)adj
1. having a loud deep sound
2. resonant and mournful in sound
[C19: from Latin plangere to beat (esp the breast, in grief); see plain2]
ˈplangency n
ˈplangently adv
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plan•gent
(ˈplæn dʒənt)adj.
resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
[1815–25; < Latin plangent-, s. of plangēns, present participle of plangere to beat, lament]
plan′gen•cy, n.
plan′gent•ly, adv.
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plangent
- Describes the sound of the sea and its waves—reverberating and mournfully resonant.See also related terms for waves.
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Adj. | 1. | plangent - loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority" full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" |
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plangent
adjective resonant, ringing, loud, resounding, reverberating, mournful, plaintive, sonorous, deep-toned, clangorous plangent Celtic music
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