单词 | plangorous |
释义 | plangorousadj. Chiefly poetic. Resonant or plaintive in sound; characterized by loud lamentation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing > characterized by or resembling wailful1544 wailinga1577 bewailful1592 plangorous1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27v From vnder the Altar, there issued penetrating plangorous-howlings. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 8 He suddenly heard such a plangerous and lamentable cry. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 193 The grievously plangorous howling and lowing of Devils. a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxix. 215 The plangorous caressful singing of the viols. 1971 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 102 31 Ovid..continued to exploit the possibilities of a tearful and sad letter in..works which share with Heroides the exploitation of the plangorous querela theme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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