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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tympany1

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

Tympany consists in an elastic tumor of the abdomen, which sounds on being struck.

Plucked and bowed strings blended with wailing flutes and an exotic tympany to produce music formed of passion and movement.

More tympany; numerous rose-colored spots out over abdomen and back; slight epistaxis and bronchitis.

Swell out an unmeaning truism to a perfect tympany of style.

He had known many instances of its curing consumption, and had seen it act like a charm in cases of tympany.

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