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plangency

[plan-juhnt]

adjective

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

Origin:
1815–25; < Latin plangent- (stem of plangēns), present participle of plangere to beat, lament. See plain², -ent

Related forms

plan·gen·cy, noun

plan·gent·ly, adverb

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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]

'plangency

—n

'plangently

—*adv*

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