Plangent
//ˈplænd͡ʒənt// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a loud, mournful sound.
"[S]how him a refined or powerful face, let him hear a plangent or a penetrating voice […] and his mind was instantaneously awakened."
- 2 Beating, dashing, as waves. rare
"What central sea with plume-plucked midnight strewn, Plangent to what enormous plenilune That lifts in silence, hinderless and stark?"
Adjective
- 1 loud and resounding wordnet
Example
More examples"[S]how him a refined or powerful face, let him hear a plangent or a penetrating voice […] and his mind was instantaneously awakened."
Etymology
From Latin plangēns, present participle of plangō (“I beat; I lament”).
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