tintinnabularadj.
/tɪntɪˈnabjʊlə/ = tintinnabulary adj.
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tintinnabular1767
tintinnabulary1787
tintinnabulous1798
tintinnabulatory1827
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 392 The vulgar tintinnabular art of pulling ropes.
1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 97 He seems..to sympathise with the bell-ringer in his tintinnabular enthusiasm.
1856 ‘C. Bede’ Tales College Life 57 He threw down the [morning paper], and immediately responded to the tintinnabular call.
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