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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A lament; an Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, often, but not necessarily, of a mournful character.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Mus.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

Etymologies

  1. Compare Latin plangere to mourn aloud. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “And there she was right enough, that lovely sight enough, the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory.”

    Finnegans Wake

  • “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

  • “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.”

    Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes

  • “There’s puff for ye, begor, and planxty of it, all abound me breadth!”

    Finnegans Wake

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  • michaelt42 Planxty occurs twice in Finnegans Wake: first, as in example 1, in its actual meaning; second, as in example 4, as a typically Joycean play on words, meaning "plenty". I suggest an alternative to a line in the famous song of the book: "Planxty of fun at Finnegans wake." Jun 17, 2013

  • kobutsu Also often referring to a song written in honor of someone, as "Planxty Irwin", written in tribute to one Colonel Irwin. Jun 26, 2009

  • sionnach An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character. Oct 22, 2007

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