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plangent

[ plan-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.


plangent

/ ˈ±è±ôæ²Ô»åÏôÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. having a loud deep sound
  2. resonant and mournful in sound
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è±ô²¹²Ô²µ±ð²Ô³¦²â, noun
  • ˈ±è±ô²¹²Ô²µ±ð²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ô²¹²Ôg±ð²Ô·³¦²â noun
  • ±è±ô²¹²Ôg±ð²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plangent1

1815–25; < Latin plangent- (stem of ±è±ô²¹²Ô²µÅ§²Ô²õ ), present participle of plangere to beat, lament. See plain 2, -ent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plangent1

C19: from Latin plangere to beat (esp the breast, in grief); see plain ²
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In an era of plangent indie rock, they were the studied, intricate eccentrics.

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Adjuah sings in a keening, plangent tone, but at one point he pauses to offer a spoken invitation: “Listen to the wind,†he says.

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A clear highlight was “Amelia,†a plangent, airy meditation on freedom and flight.

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She shushed her daughters, sloshing in nearby mud, so she could tease out the source of some plangent rumble.

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In the three decades since his diagnosis, he has released about 100 records — gentle suites of forlorn melodies, relentless spans of plangent notes, and, most recently, sprawling drifts of ghostly tones.

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