plangency
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Plangency — Plan gen*cy, n. The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plangency — plangent ► ADJECTIVE chiefly literary ▪ (of a sound) loud and resonant, with a mournful tone. DERIVATIVES plangency noun plangently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin plangere to lament … English terms dictionary
plangency — noun Date: 1858 the quality or state of being plangent … New Collegiate Dictionary
plangency — noun The state of being plangent … Wiktionary
plangency — plændÊ’É™nsɪ n. vibrating noise; constant sound; sound of waves crashing … English contemporary dictionary
plangency — plan·gen·cy … English syllables
plangency — noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant • Syn: ↑resonance, ↑reverberance, ↑ringing, ↑sonorousness, ↑sonority, ↑vibrancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plangent — plangency, n. plangently, adv. /plan jeuhnt/, adj. resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell. [1815 25; < L plangent (s. of plangens), prp. of plangere to beat, lament. See PLAIN2, ENT] * * * … Universalium
reverberance — noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant • Syn: ↑plangency, ↑resonance, ↑ringing, ↑sonorousness, ↑sonority, ↑vibrancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑v … Useful english dictionary
ringing — noun 1. the sound of a bell ringing (Freq. 1) the distinctive ring of the church bell the ringing of the telephone the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells E. A. Poe • Syn: ↑ring,… … Useful english dictionary
