plangent

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David Orr described her poems as containing "disconnected phrases ... abrupt syntactical shifts ... quirky diction ... and a tone ranging from daffy to plangent-basically two scoops of John Ashbery and a sprinkling of Gertrude Stein."

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  1. adjective Loud and resounding: plangent bells.
  2. adjective Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive: "From a doorway came the plangent sounds of a guitar” (Malcolm Lowry).

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  • The voice was strong and plangent, with a sweet singing tone, and did indeed seem to come forth from the sounding board of the tall harp that sat motionless on the carpet. —  Trillium 05 - Lady of the Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley (v1.0) (html).html
  • Now, how to sum up Lady Sandra… slither of minor key, plangent, fading to something soft and wild… you couldn't really get fingering complex enough. —  Map.html
  • Who cares what this plangent oaf says or does not say.? dont support palin, she defines idiocy. —  WordPress.com News
  • This lyrical content is presumably the "dangerous supplement" of her title, a plangent excess that creeps into the margins of a one-way military operation. —  GreenCine Daily
  • That brisk April air seems somehow in key with the mood of the Avenue--hard, plangent, glittering, intensely material. —  Pipefuls
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin plangēns, plangent-, present participle of plangere, to strike, lament; see plāk-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin plangen(t-)s, present participle of plangere, beat: see plain.
 

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