单词	plangently
释义	plangentplan‧gent /ˈplændʒənt/ adjective [usually before noun] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINplangent Origin: 1800-1900 Latin present participle of plangere; ➔ PLAINT Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Doubtless there are grizzled old dead-heads who got sober listening to the plangent harmonies of Dark Star. Entering St Petersburg Conservatory at 13, he shocked his professors with his angular harmonies, jagged rhythms and plangent colours. Francie made a final plangent chord and took the fiddle from under his chin. The altered states, the plangent electronic keyboards, and her use of Biblical text all conspire to create a portentous sound. Then came the quiet plangent sound of a harpsichord. a plangent sound is loud and deep and sounds sad:  the plangent sound of the violin—plangently adverb—plangency noun [uncountable]
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