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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tympany¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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