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Definition of tintinnabulation in English: tintinnabulationnoun ˌtɪntɪnabjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌtɪn(t)əˌnæbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n A ringing or tinkling sound. the tiny tintinnabulation, faint as fairy bells Example sentencesExamples - The playing here instantly suggests ebullience, inspiration, and the threat of permanent tintinnabulation.
- The trees around them were thin and willowy, soft breezes shook their leaves and sounded like cheery tintinnabulations ringing throughout the air.
- People who were further away from the Minster probably had a better chance of hearing the tintinnabulation because the sound travelled well - despite failing to reach the ears of those gathered right underneath.
- If you can't hear in that the tintinnabulation of heaven, then you have a J-cloth ear and a Bakelite soul.
- Inside: the mellifluous cacophony of the gaming machines, the tintinnabulations of the bells.
Synonyms clank, clanking, clink, clinking, chink, chinking, jangling, jingle, jingling, clash, clashing, clang, clanging, rattle, rattling, clangour
Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin tintinnabulum 'tinkling bell' (from tintinnare, reduplication of tinnire 'to ring, tinkle') + -ation. Definition of tintinnabulation in US English: tintinnabulationnounˌtɪn(t)əˌnæbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌtin(t)əˌnabyəˈlāSH(ə)n A ringing or tinkling sound. the tiny tintinnabulation, faint as fairy bells Example sentencesExamples - People who were further away from the Minster probably had a better chance of hearing the tintinnabulation because the sound travelled well - despite failing to reach the ears of those gathered right underneath.
- If you can't hear in that the tintinnabulation of heaven, then you have a J-cloth ear and a Bakelite soul.
- The trees around them were thin and willowy, soft breezes shook their leaves and sounded like cheery tintinnabulations ringing throughout the air.
- The playing here instantly suggests ebullience, inspiration, and the threat of permanent tintinnabulation.
- Inside: the mellifluous cacophony of the gaming machines, the tintinnabulations of the bells.
Synonyms clank, clanking, clink, clinking, chink, chinking, jangling, jingle, jingling, clash, clashing, clang, clanging, rattle, rattling, clangour
Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin tintinnabulum ‘tinkling bell’ (from tintinnare, reduplication of tinnire ‘to ring, tinkle’) + -ation. |