Tympany
/ˈtɪmpəni/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The sound made by beating a drum. countable, uncountable
- 2 Tympanites (distention of the abdomen). countable, uncountable
- 3 Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. countable, uncountable
"Thine's a tympany of sense."
Example
More examples"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).