plangent
pronunciation
How to pronounce plangent in British English:
UK [ˈplændʒənt]
How to pronounce plangent in American English:
US [ˈplændʒənt]
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- Adjective:
- loud and resounding
Word Origin
- plangent
- plangent: see plague
- plangent (adj.)
- "beating with a loud sound," 1822, from Latin plangentem (nominative plangens), present participle of plangere "to strike, beat" (see plague (n.)). Related: Plangently.
Example
- 1. Once more he played those plangent chords .
- 2. His 1777 draft of the Virginia Statute on religious toleration is plangent in its fierce refusal to allow government any role in interference with freedom to think or worship how and where one wishes .
- 3. The Thorn Birds is a magnificent saga novel , telling the life experiences and emotional courses of three generations in Cleary family . It is a plangent love story with the theme of love and fate .