单词 | tintinnabulary |
释义 | tintinnabularyadj.n. a. Of or pertaining to bells or bell-ringing; of the nature of a bell; characterized by bell-ringing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [adjective] 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1787 |
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