plangent
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plangent
I like how this word is related to plague. Beating with a loud sound, which is what a person would do if someone close to them were so afflicted. Then there is Old English flocan and German flucan.
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Re: plangent
Treated a few years later, and from a different suggestion source, but here it is. It was even in two lists of potential words way back in '06, so I guess its time finally came.
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