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TYMPANY

Definition: TYMPANY

TYMPANY

Noun

1. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.

2. A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Tympany \Tym"pa*ny\, noun. [from Greek expression, from kettledrum. See Tympanites.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: TYMPANY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Expansion

Overgrowth, overdistension; hypertrophy, tympany.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: TYMPANY

English words defined with "TYMPANY": HooveTympanites. (references)

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Commercial Usage: TYMPANY

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: TYMPANY

Illustrations:
TYMPANY

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Usage Frequency: TYMPANY

"TYMPANY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TYMPANY" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TYMPANY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tympany

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TYMPANY

Language Translations for "TYMPANY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

puffadás (distention, expansion, tympanites, tympanitis), haspuffadás (hoove, tympanites, tympanitis), duzzanat (bulge, excrescence, swelling, tumescence), dagályosság (bombast, flatulence, fustian, magniloquence, pomposity, pompousness, redundance, redundancy, rotundity), belek felfúvódása (tympanites, tympanitis). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

テーベ物語 (beefsteak, project, tail, tail end, tail fin, tail lamp, tailcoat, taillight, tailor, tailored, tailored suit, tailor-made, take, taste, Taylor system, tea, teeing ground, teenage, teen-age, teenager, teen-ager, Tegafur, tequila, Texas, Texas hit, Texas leaguer, text, text book, text file, textbook, textile, texture, Thebais, theme, Theme campaign, Theme music, theme park, Theme promotion, Theme song, tilapia, timpani, tissue, tissue paper, tissues, topic, TROFF, typical, tyranny). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ティンパニ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ympanytay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "TYMPANY"

Words rhyming with "TYMPANY" (pronounced 'Tym"pa*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny. (additional references)

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Anagrams: TYMPANY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-m-n-p-t-y-y"

-1 letter: tympan.

-2 letters: panty.

-3 letters: many, myna, pant, paty, tamp, typy.

-4 letters: amp, ant, any, apt, man, map, mat, may, nam, nap, nay, pam, pan, pat, pay, pya, tam, tan, tap, yam, yap, yay.

-5 letters: am, an, at, ay, ma, my, na, pa, ta, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-n-p-t-y-y"
 

+4 letters: amphictyony.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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