Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Word of the Day

clangor \KLANG-er, KLANG-ger\,
noun:
1. a loud, resonant sound; clang.
2. clamorous noise.
verb:
1. to make a clangor; clang.

And in any case they did not sound distant to him, these ringing booming bells; their triumphal clangor was swept along by the wind and seemed to come from somewhere close by...
-- László Krasznahorkai, translated by George Szirtes, "Satantango," 1985

And now the melodious clangor of bells from church towers summons their several flocks to the fold.
-- Washington Irving, "A Sunday in London," The Sketch Book, 1819-1820

Clangor entered English from the Latin word of the same spelling which referred to the sound of trumpets, birds, and other loud noises.

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