tympany
Syllables: tym·pa·ny/ˈtɪmpəni/
tympany noun: the sound made by beating a drum.
Noun
tympany (countable and uncountable, plural tympanies)
- 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
- Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).
- Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
- Thine's a tympany of sense.1682, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
- Dr. Johnson, for his triads and his antithetic balances, he taxes more than once with a plethoric and tautologic tympany of sentence1828, Thomas De Quincey, “Elements of Rhetoric”, in Blackwood's Magazine
tympany meaning in Tamil
tympany in Tamil
- வயிற்று உப்புசம்
Forms of tympany
| plural | tympanies |
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Origin of tympany
Coined based on Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon).
Questions about tympany
- What does tympany mean?
- Tympany means the sound made by beating a drum.
- What is tympany in Tamil?
- Tympany in Tamil is வயிற்று உப்புசம். See Tympany meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tympany?
- Tympany is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tympany?
- Tympany is pronounced /ˈtɪmpəni/.
- What is the plural of tympany?
- The plural of tympany is tympanies.
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