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tintamar

/ˌtɪntəˈmɑː(ɹ)/

tintamar noun: a hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.

Noun

tintamar (plural tintamars)

  1. (obsolete) A hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.
    • nor is there any Motion, or the least tintamar of Trouble in any part of the Country1655, James Howell, “To my Brother, Dr. Howell”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […]...

Forms of tintamar

pluraltintamars

Origin of tintamar

French tintamarre.

Questions about tintamar

What does tintamar mean?
Tintamar means a hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.
What part of speech is tintamar?
Tintamar is a noun.
How do you pronounce tintamar?
Tintamar is pronounced /ˌtɪntəˈmɑː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of tintamar?
The plural of tintamar is tintamars.

Words near tintamar in the dictionary

  1. tintacked
  2. tintacks
  3. tintage
  4. Tintagel
  5. Tintaldra
  6. tintamar
  7. tintamarre
  8. tintamarres
  9. tintamars
  10. tintas
  11. tinted

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