planxty
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A lament; an Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, often, but not necessarily, of a mournful character.
Examples
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And there she was right enough, that lovely sight enough, the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory.
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When summoned by the host's whistle, he came to the door lilting a planxty merrily, -- but when he re-entered the stable, the melody ceased, and his countenance became serious.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850
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During the period which this required O'Grady was looking down sulkily or looking up fiercely, and striking his heel with vehemence into the sod, while Dick Dawson was whistling a planxty and eyeing his man.
Note
This word may be related to the Latin 'plangere,' to mourn aloud.
