tintinnabulation

[ tin-ti-nab-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. the ringing or sound of bells.

tintinnabulation

/ ˌtɪntɪˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of the ringing or pealing of bells

Derived Forms

• ˌtintinˈnabular, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tintinnabulation¹

From Latin tintinnābul(um) “bell” + -ation; coined by Edgar Allan Poe in his poem Bells (published 1849); tintinnabular

Example Sentences

Thereupon should have followed tintinnabulation of the bells in all the rooms and corridors outside the Chamber.

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The reporters were ringing the front-door bell and the rapid-fire tintinnabulation was driving Frederick frantic.

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Midnight had some time passed when everybody was awakenedbut that graduallyby a tintinnabulation of silvery bells.

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At this moment Mr. Mayor, already wakened and discomposed by the violent tintinnabulation, rushed out: 'What!'

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Amidst the whole tintinnabulation is a soft resonant echo of horns below, like an image in a lake.

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