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tintinnabulatory

tintinnabulatory adjective: such as to cause tintinnabulation, or ringing in the ears.

Adjective

tintinnabulatory (comparative more tintinnabulatory, superlative most tintinnabulatory)

  1. Such as to cause tintinnabulation, or ringing in the ears
    • I could say as much of the tintinnabulatory echoes from some score of bells.1832 October 1, “Letter from Miss Boadicea Bluebottle to Her Cousin in the Country”, in The New-England Magazine, page 339

Forms of tintinnabulatory

comparativemore tintinnabulatory
superlativemost tintinnabulatory

Origin of tintinnabulatory

From tintinnabulation.

Questions about tintinnabulatory

What does tintinnabulatory mean?
Tintinnabulatory means such as to cause tintinnabulation, or ringing in the ears.
What part of speech is tintinnabulatory?
Tintinnabulatory is an adjective.

Words near tintinnabulatory in the dictionary

  1. tintinnabulated
  2. tintinnabulates
  3. tintinnabulating
  4. tintinnabulation
  5. tintinnabulations
  6. tintinnabulatory
  7. tintinnabuli
  8. tintinnabulous
  9. tintinnabulum
  10. tintinnid
  11. tintinnids

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