#cyril arthur edward ranger gull

Adjective

[plan-juhnt ]

1. resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.

Origin:
1815–25; <Latin plangent- (stem of plangēns), present participle of plangere to beat, lament. See plain²,-ent

“It seemed as large as the shell of a cathedral, and for organ there was the plangent, echoing sound of sea waves.”
- CYRIL ARTHUR EDWARD RANGER GULL, THE AIR PIRATE