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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. loud and resounding;
- Example: "plangent bells"
- Example: "the plangent minority"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plangent \Plan"gent\, a. [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to beat. See Plaint.] Beating; dashing, as a wave. [R.] "The plangent wave." --H. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Plani
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plangent adj 1: loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"