'Tympany' definitions:
Definition of 'Tympany'
From: GCIDE
- Tympany \Tym"pa*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a kettledrum. See Tympanites.]
- 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine's a tympany of sense." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]