释义 |
tintiˈnnabulism nonce-wd. [f. as prec. + -ism.] The art or practice of bell-ringing. So tintiˈnnabulist, a professional bell-ringer.
1826New Monthly Mag. XVI. 474 An Armenian mass, with all its ‘tintinabulism’, and nasal singing, and ‘incondite music’. 1830Fraser's Mag. II. 450 An army of red⁓coated tintinnabulists are called for to remind the greasy citizens of the time. |