Word
of the Day for Thursday 18th September 2014
Tintinnabular \tin-ti-NAB-yuh-ler\
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Adjective
1. Of or pertaining to bells or bell ringing. |
Quotes
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Mr.
Squills was about to reply, when ring—a-ting—ring— ting! there came such a
brisk, impatient, make-one's-self-at-home kind of tintinnabular alarum
at the great gate, that we all started up and looked at each other in
surprise.
-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons: A Family Picture, 1849 |
Origin
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Tintinnabular comes from the Latin tintinnābulum meaning "bell."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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