Tintinnabulation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]tintinnabulation (countable and uncountable, plural tintinnabulations)
- A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth (hardback), Duckworth, page 20:
- Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.
- The ringing of bells.
- 1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells:
- Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells —
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.