Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Emitting a clear sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
ringing orclinking sound .
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Examples
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A low, tremulous shudder was beginning to lift itself, like the distant growling of thunder, upon the tinnient air of the high summit.
Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893
she commented on the word tinnient
Obs. adj., ringing; resonant (adapt. of L. tinnient-em, pr. pple. of tinnīre to ring, tinkle)
August 3, 2008