Tympany

//ˈtɪmpəni// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound made by beating a drum. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Tympanites (distention of the abdomen). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. countable, uncountable

    "Thine's a tympany of sense."

Synonyms

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bloatdiastoledilationdistensiondropsyedema

Example

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"Dr. Johnson, for his triads and his antithetic balances, he taxes more than once with a plethoric and tautologic tympany of sentence"

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon).

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