tympany
Americannoun
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another name for tympanites
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obsolete excessive pride or arrogance
Etymology
Origin of tympany
1520–30; < Medieval Latin tympanias < Greek tympaníās tympanites
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Her agitated testimony offered a tympany of accusations that struck blow after blow at the base of O.J.
From Time Magazine Archive
A tympany beat and the sound track filled with violins.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Varying grades of tympany are obtained over areas of obstructive or compensatory emphysema.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
To swell a man with a tympany is as good sport as to blow a frog.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel
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