tintinnabulation
nounUS /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/ · UK /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
Etymology Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).
1
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
- Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth (hardback), Duckworth, page 20:
2
The ringing of bells.
- Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells — From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells:
- Related terms
- tintinnabulate, tintinnabulum