tympany

[tim-puh-nee]

noun

1. Pathology.,  tympanites.

2. Archaic.,  inflated or pretentious style; bombast; turgidity.

tympany

/ ˈtɪmpənɪ /

noun

1. another name for tympanites

2. obsolete,  excessive pride or arrogance

Word History and Origins

Origin of tympany¹

1520–30; < Medieval Latin tympanias < Greek tympaníās tympanites

Example Sentences

For “The French Dispatch,” Desplat paired acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in unusual duets with harp, tympany, bassoon or tuba, drawing from a wide range of references, including Erik Satie and Thelonious Monk.

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A tympany beat and the sound track filled with violins.

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Examination of the abdomen toward the middle or close of the first week will almost always reveal the existence of tympany and of tenderness and gurgling in the right iliac fossa, and very frequently also of slight enlargement of the spleen.

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Other stimulants were usually given in these cases, such as carbonate of ammonium, especially if pulmonary congestion existed; turpentine, especially if tympany was marked; or Hoffmann's anodyne or spirit of chloroform, if muscular twitchings, hiccough, or insomnia with wandering delirium were prominent symptoms.

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There will generally be found to be a little diarrhoea, or at least an increased susceptibility to the action of purgative medicines; perhaps a little tympany and tenderness in the right iliac fossa, and moreover a prostration which is out of all proportion to the other symptoms.

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