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tympanies

tympanies is the plural of tympany.

Meaning of tympany

Noun

tympany (countable and uncountable, plural tympanies)

  1. The sound made by beating a drum.
    • [T]he vvoman ſet before the Sanctuary vvith her head uncover'd, vvas adjur'd by the Prieſt to ſvvear vvhether ſhe vvas fals or no; and conſtrain'd to drink that bitter vvater vvith an undoubted curſe of rottenneſſe, and tympany to follovv, unleſſe ſhe vvere innocent.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC, page 39
  2. Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).
  3. Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
    • Thine's a tympany of sense.1682, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe

Questions about tympanies

What is tympanies the plural of?
Tympanies is the plural of tympany.

Words near tympanies in the dictionary

  1. tympanical
  2. tympanically
  3. tympanicity
  4. tympanics
  5. tympanicum
  6. tympanies
  7. tympaniform
  8. tympaning
  9. tympaniogram
  10. tympanis
  11. tympanism

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