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plangent

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plan⋅gent

  [plan-juhnt]
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–adjective
resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
Origin:
1815–25; < L plangent- (s. of plangēns), prp. of plangere to beat, lament. See plain 2 , -ent

Related forms:
plan⋅gen⋅cy, noun
plan⋅gent⋅ly, adverb
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plan·gent   (plān'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-2 in Indo-European roots.]
plan'gen·cy n., plan'gent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

plangent 
"beating with a loud sound," 1822, from L. plangens (gen. plangentis), prp. of plangere "to strike, beat" (see plague).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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