-jənt adjective
Etymology: Latin plangent-, plangens, present participle of plangere to strike, lament — more at plaint
1. : having a loud and reverberating sound : resonant
let out a plangent roar — New Yorker
plangent organ music — J.L.Lowes
2. : having an expressive especially plaintive quality
the long plangent ripple of the harp strings — Osbert Sitwell
a strange, chanting cry, slow and plangent — C.G.D.Roberts
• plan·gent·ly adverb