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plangency|ˈplændʒənsɪ|
[f. L. type *plangentia, f. plangent-em: see next and -ency.]
The quality of being plangent.
1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. vii. (1872) II. 117 Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency..fall hotter and hotter. 1882Stevenson New Arab. Nts. II. xii. 192 Her voice had charm and plangency. 1900W. Raleigh Milton 54 The hurt he had suffered..gives eloquence and plangency to his divorce pamphlets. 1923C. Mackenzie Parson's Progress xvi. 222 All the regret..was expressed in the plangency of the violin speaking of the individual's grief. 1928Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 18 It's not a bad couplet in itself. Did you see how he admires the ‘plangency’ of it? 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 991/3 The Dreyfus affair..had an unusual public plangency. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Sept. 6/4 The strain of plangency and nostalgia, combined with indignation, is Irish. |