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tintinnabular

tintinnabular adjective: of or related to bells; of the nature of a bell.

Adjective

tintinnabular (comparative more tintinnabular, superlative most tintinnabular)

  1. (uncommon) Of or related to bells; of the nature of a bell.
    • That tintinnabular peculiarity of the British nation, the semihourly bell.
  2. (uncommon) Of or related to bell-ringing.
    • He excurred to the tintinnabular summons alacritously.

Synonyms of tintinnabular

Forms of tintinnabular

comparativemore tintinnabular
superlativemost tintinnabular

Origin of tintinnabular

From Latin tintinnabulum (“little bell”) + -ar (“forming adjectives”).

Questions about tintinnabular

What does tintinnabular mean?
Tintinnabular means of or related to bells; of the nature of a bell.
What part of speech is tintinnabular?
Tintinnabular is an adjective.

Words near tintinnabular in the dictionary

  1. tintiness
  2. tinting
  3. tintings
  4. Tintinhull
  5. tintinnabula
  6. tintinnabular
  7. tintinnabularies
  8. tintinnabulary
  9. tintinnabulate
  10. tintinnabulated
  11. tintinnabulates

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