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plangent

adjective/ˈplan(d)ʒ(ə)nt/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
LiteraryRegister

Loud, resonant and mournful in sound.

The plangent notes of the cello seemed to voice a grief words could not.

Similar: resonant, doleful

Origin: Latin plangere 'to lament, beat the breast'.

Topic: mournful sound in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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