plangency

plan·gent

 (plăn′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).

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[Latin plangēns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]

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plan′gen·cy n.

plan′gent·ly adv.

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plangency

the condition or quality of producing a deep or loud sound. — plangent, adj.

See also: Sound

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plangency - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

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