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tintinnabulary, a. (n.)|tɪntɪˈnæbjʊlərɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ary1. Cf. med.L. tintinnābulārius ‘bell-man’ (Oxford Laudian Statutes).]
Of or pertaining to bells or bell-ringing; of the nature of a bell; characterized by bell-ringing.
1787G. Colman Prose Sev. Occas., Let. fr. Lexiphanes Gloss., Ding-dong, Tintinabulary chimes, used metaphorically to signify dispatch and vehemence. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVII. 131 That truly tintinnabulary peculiarity of the British nation, the ‘half-hour bell’. 1886T. Frost Country Jrnlist. 101 The boy who responded promptly to the tintinnabulary summons.
b. n. A bell-ringer.
1825New Monthly Mag. XIV. 494 Sacred, but at the same time thoughtless tintinnabularies. |