planxty
n.
[爱尔兰英语] 普兰克斯蒂舞曲(一种三连音竖琴曲)
普兰克斯蒂舞
英文词源
- planxty (n.)
- in Irish music, "harp tune of a sportive and animated character" [OED], 1790, of unknown origin, evidently not a native Irish word; some suggest ultimate derivation from Latin plangere "to strike, beat" (see plague (n.)). See also [Katrin Thier, "Of Picts and Penguins -- Celtic Languages in the New Edition of the OED," in "The Celtic Languages in Contact," 2007.
