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单词 tintinnabulary
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tintinnabularyadj.n.

/tɪntɪˈnabjʊləri/
Etymology: Formed as tintinnabular adj. + -ary suffix1. Compare medieval Latin tintinnābulārius ‘bell-man’ ( Oxford Laudian Statutes).
a. Of or pertaining to bells or bell-ringing; of the nature of a bell; characterized by bell-ringing.
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tintinnabular1767
tintinnabulary1787
tintinnabulous1798
tintinnabulatory1827
1787 G. Colman Prose Several Occasions 94 Ding-dong,—Tintinnabulary Chimes, used metaphorically to signify Dispatch and Vehemence.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 131 That truly tintinnabulary peculiarity of the British nation, the ‘half-hour bell’.
1886 T. Frost Reminisc. Country Journalist 101 The boy who responded promptly to the tintinnabulary summons.
b. n. A bell-ringer.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > bell-ringer > [noun]
ringerc1425
bell-ringer1543
toller1550
knoller1611
stretch-rope1634
college youth1668
change ringer1756
handbell ringera1802
tintinnabulary1825
tintinnabulist1830
treble-ringer1899
1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 494 Sacred, but at the same time thoughtless tintinnabularies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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