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tym·pa·ny
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Wiktionary
tympanynoun
the sound made by beating a drum
tympanynoun
alternative name for tympanites
tympanynoun
inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tympanynoun
A kind of obstructed flatulence that swells the body like a drum.
Etymology: from tympanum, Lat.
Hope, the christian grace, must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise; if it exceed that temper and proportion, it becomes a tumour and tympany of hope. Henry Hammond.
He does not shew us Rome great suddenly,
As if the empire were a tympany,
But gives it natural growth, tells how and why
The little body grew so large and high. John Suckling.Others that affect
A lofty stile, swell to a tympany. Wentworth Dillon.Pride is no more than an unnatural tympany, that rises in a bubble, and spends itself in a blast? Roger L'Estrange.
Nor let thy mountain-belly make pretence
Of likeness; thine’s a tympany of sense.
A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ,
But sure thou’rt but a kilderkin of wit. Dryden.The air is so rarified in this kind of dropsical tumour as makes it hard and tight like a drum, and from thence it is called a tympany. Arbuthnot.
Wikipedia
Tympany
Tympany or tympanites (sometimes tympanism or tympania), also known as meteorism (especially in humans), is a medical condition in which excess gas accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract and causes abdominal distension. The term is from the Greek τύμπανο (meaning "drum"); it should not be confused with tympanitis.
Webster Dictionary
Tympanynoun
a flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites
Tympanynoun
hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tympany in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tympany in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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