tinnient

[ tin-ee-uhnt ]

adjective
  1. having a ringing or clinking sound.

Origin of tinnient

1
First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin tinnient- (stem of tinniēns ), present participle of tinnīre “to ring”; probably imitative of the sound

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