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Definition of Timpany

Tym"pa*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a kettledrum. See Tympanites.] 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller.

2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense." Dryden.

A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence.
De Quincey.

Tym"pa*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a kettledrum. See Tympanites.] 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller.

2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense." Dryden.

A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence.
De Quincey.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • the sound made by beating a drum
  • (medicine) alternative name for tympanites
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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