planxty
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Latin planxī (“I have mourned ...”), planctus (“a lament or dirge”), and plangere (“to mourn aloud”).
Noun[edit]
planxty (plural planxties)
- An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.
- 1900, C. J. Hamilton (editor), Notable Irishwomen, Lady Morgan:
- Dr. Arne. Owenson, who was a handsome young man with a commanding presence, was bitten by a mania for the stage, but failed to make much impression as an actor, though he sang, and danced an Irish planxty in the character of Teague with great success.
References[edit]
- “planxty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.