tinnient

[tin-ee-uhnt]

adjective

1. having a ringing or clinking sound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tinnient¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin tinnient- (stem of tinniēns ), present participle of tinnīre “to ring”; probably imitative of the sound

Example Sentences

And the shrieking safety-valves, the clanging bells, the tinnient gong of the breakfast-room, the rumbling trucks, and the under-roar of matter in motion, were the pieces in the orchestra.

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A low, tremulous shudder was beginning to lift itself, like the distant growling of thunder, upon the tinnient air of the high summit.

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