tintinnabulary
tintinnabulary is the alternative form of tintinnabular.
Meaning of tintinnabular
Adjective
tintinnabular (comparative more tintinnabular, superlative most tintinnabular)
- Of or related to bells; of the nature of a bell.
- That tintinnabular peculiarity of the British nation, the semihourly bell.
- Of or related to bell-ringing.
- He excurred to the tintinnabular summons alacritously.
Noun
tintinnabulary (plural tintinnabularies)
- A bell-ringer.
Forms of tintinnabulary
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more tintinnabulary |
| superlative | most tintinnabulary |
| Noun | |
| plural | tintinnabularies |
Origin of tintinnabulary
From tintinnabular + -ary. Noun sense possibly also under the influence of Latin tintinnabularius (“bell-ringer”).
Questions about tintinnabulary
- What does tintinnabulary mean?
- Tintinnabulary means a bell-ringer.
- What is tintinnabulary the alternative form of?
- Tintinnabulary is the alternative form of tintinnabular.
- What part of speech is tintinnabulary?
- Tintinnabulary is a noun.
- What is the plural of tintinnabulary?
- The plural of tintinnabulary is tintinnabularies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tintinnabulary (page history and authors); tintinnabular (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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