| 释义 |
plangorous, a.|ˈplæŋgərəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Characterized by loud lamentation.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 55 From vnder the Altar there issued penetrating plangorus-howlings. 1647R. Baron Cyprian Acad. 8 He suddenly heard such a plangerous and lamentable cry. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxiii. 193 The grievously plangorous howling and lowing of Devils. 1892E. Gosse In Mem. Miss Anne Clough, It tolls and tolls with plangorous tongue, For empty lives and hearts unbless'd. |