Plangent

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:02:42

Plan"gent (?), a. [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to beat. See Plaint.]

Beating; dashing, as a wave.

[R.] "The plangent wave."

H. Taylor.

 

© Webster 1913.

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