tintinnabulous

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɪntɪˈnæbjʊləs/

Adjective

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tintinnabulous (comparative more tintinnabulous, superlative most tintinnabulous)

  1. tintinnabular.
    • 1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “[Part II.] Introduction to the Pains of Opium.”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: [] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, [], published 1823, →OCLC, page 118:
      The persecution of the chapel-bell, sounding its unwelcome summons to six o'clock matins, interrupts my slumbers no longer: the porter who rang it, [] is dead, and has ceased to disturb any body: and I, and many others, who suffered much from his tintinnabulous propensities, have now agreed to overlook his errors, and have forgiven him.

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