plangent |ˈplanjənt|adjective chiefly poetic/literary(of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy.DERIVATIVESplangency nounplangently adverbORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin plangent-‘lamenting,’ from the verb plangere.
Hm. The plangent mating call of the male bullfrog, perhaps?
I plundered this word--along with a few others--from Carl Hiaasen's Stormy Weather. The story grabbed me and I stayed up till 3 a.m. to finish it. Yet, I don't feel the urge to rush out and buy more of Hiaasen's books. Why is that?
Not sure I've ever seen that one before.
ReplyDeleteGood question about Hiaasen's books. I've experienced that with other authors, although names escape me right now.
I think it happened because the story was suspenseful and well written but I didn't really engage with any of the characters.
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