plangencyn.
/ˈplan(d)ʒ(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈplændʒənsi/ The quality of being plangent.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > resonant quality
fullness1440
shillness1486
sonority1623
resonance1669
sonorousness1669
soundingness1727
sonorosity1772
sonoriety1828
plangency1858
canorousness1870
ringingness1874
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] > quality
grievousheada1400
painfulnessc1400
importunityc1475
grievousness1509
grievesomeness1583
sting1860
distressfulness1890
plangency1900
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. vii. 611 Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency..fall hotter and hotter.
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 192 Her voice had charm and plangency.
1900 W. Raleigh Milton 54 The hurt he had suffered..gives eloquence and plangency to his divorce pamphlets.
1923 C. Mackenzie Parson's Progress xvi. 222 All the regret..was expressed in the plangency of the violin speaking of the individual's grief.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 991/3 The Dreyfus affair..had an unusual public plangency.
2004 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Aug. a10 The oboes, actually made by a member of the orchestra, based on historical models, had a raw plangency their modern counterparts have lost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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