plangent

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

1 (formal) (of sounds) loud, with a strong beat 2 (literary) (of sounds or images) expressing sadness: the plangent sound of the harpsichord

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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plangentEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus plangentEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary plangentEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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Is plangent a noun, verb, or something else?

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