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tintinnabulous

/tɪntɪˈnæbjʊləs/

tintinnabulous adjective: tintinnabular.

Adjective

tintinnabulous (comparative more tintinnabulous, superlative most tintinnabulous)

  1. tintinnabular.
    • The persecution of the chapel-bell, sounding its unwelcome summons to six o'clock matins, interrupts my slumbers no longer: the porter who rang it, […] is dead, and has ceased to disturb any body: and I, and many others, who suffered much from his tintinnabulous propensities, have now agreed to...1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “[Part II.] Introduction to the Pains of Opium.”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey...

Forms of tintinnabulous

comparativemore tintinnabulous
superlativemost tintinnabulous

Questions about tintinnabulous

What does tintinnabulous mean?
Tintinnabulous means tintinnabular.
What part of speech is tintinnabulous?
Tintinnabulous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tintinnabulous?
Tintinnabulous is pronounced /tɪntɪˈnæbjʊləs/.

Words near tintinnabulous in the dictionary

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

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