planh
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of planh
1835–45; < Provençal < Latin planctus a striking, beating, lamentation. See plaint
Example Sentences
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The planh or Complaint was a dirge or funeral song written generally in decasyllabics.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
He wrote a fine planh on the death of Barral of Marseilles in 1192 and it was about this time that he resolved to enter the church.
From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.
So he devoted the wakeful hours to composition of a planh, lamenting vanished youth and that Biatritz whom the years had stolen.
From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch
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