tin·ta·marre noun alsotin·ta·mar\|tintə|mär\ (-s) Etymology: French tintamarre, from Middle French, from tinter to ring (from Latin tinitare, freq. of tinnire to ring) + -amarre, of unknown origin : a great confused noise : uproar, din < I did not know … though I did guess by such a tintamarre and cough and sneeze — Sir Walter Scott >