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Definition of Plangency
1. Noun. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
Generic synonyms: Quality, Timber, Timbre, Tone
Derivative terms: Plangent, Resonant, Resonate, Reverberant, Reverberate, Ring, Sonorous, Sonorous, Vibrate
Definition of Plangency
1. n. The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.
Definition of Plangency
1. Noun. The state of being plangent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plangency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plangency
Literary usage of Plangency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"... its character of plangency—not for monotonous wailing but for the varied
expression of sorrow and passion— had been magnificently shown by Chaucer and ..."
2. The Bookman (1898)
"... at their best, in their passionate appeal resemble rather the plangency of
the violin. " How wonderfully has the tiny gone by ! ..."
3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency, and the pathos
of a lion raised by anger into song, fall hotter and hotter ..."
4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency, and the pathos
of a lion raised by anger into song, fall hotter and hotter; ..."
5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency, and the pathos
of a lion raised by anger into song, fall hotter and hotter; ..."
6. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"... the long-drawn plangency is parodied by shrill notes of splenetic complaint.
The rhythm has no broad wings; the phrases have no quality of radiance; ..."
7. Milton by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1900)
"But although the hurt he had suffered, in his most susceptible feelings, gives
eloquence and plangency to his divorce pamphlets, it was not merely to voice ..."
8. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"... its character of plangency—not for monotonous wailing but for the varied
expression of sorrow and passion— had been magnificently shown by Chaucer and ..."
9. The Bookman (1898)
"... at their best, in their passionate appeal resemble rather the plangency of
the violin. " How wonderfully has the tiny gone by ! ..."
10. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency, and the pathos
of a lion raised by anger into song, fall hotter and hotter ..."
11. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency, and the pathos
of a lion raised by anger into song, fall hotter and hotter; ..."
12. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"Friedrich Wilhelm's words, in high clangorous metallic plangency, and the pathos
of a lion raised by anger into song, fall hotter and hotter; ..."
13. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"... the long-drawn plangency is parodied by shrill notes of splenetic complaint.
The rhythm has no broad wings; the phrases have no quality of radiance; ..."
14. Milton by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1900)
"But although the hurt he had suffered, in his most susceptible feelings, gives
eloquence and plangency to his divorce pamphlets, it was not merely to voice ..."
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