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plangent
[ plan-juhnt ]
adjective
- resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
plangent
/ ˈplændʒənt /
adjective
- having a loud deep sound
- resonant and mournful in sound
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Derived Forms
- ˈplangency, noun
- ˈplangently, adverb
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Other Words From
- plangen·cy noun
- plangent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plangent1
C19: from Latin plangere to beat (esp the breast, in grief); see plain ²
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Example Sentences
It seemed as large as the shell of a cathedral, and for organ there was the plangent, echoing sound of sea waves.
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The plangent roar of the city was painful to his ears, which had always been attuned to the deep silences of forest and lake.
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But I am not plangent—one must take the thick with the thin—and I have such possibilities of another and better sort before me.
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The plangent power and deep earnestness of the words were even more applicable now than then.
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From his stivy cellar he issues forth into the plashing, plangent currents of city life.
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