English Explanatory Dictionary

planxty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

Word forms

planxty planxties

Etymology

Compare Latin planxī (“to have mourned ...”), planctus (“a lament or dirge”), and plangere (“to mourn aloud”).

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