Category:Tympany

Tym"pa*ny, n. Etym: [gr. Tympanites.]

1. (med.)

Defn: a flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller.

2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "thine 's a Tympany of sense." Dryden. A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. De quincey.