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(), n.[Gr. , fr. a kettledrum. See Tympanites.] 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller. 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense." Dryden. A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. De Quincey. スポンサード リンク
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