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tintinnabulous

Variant of tintinnabulary

adjective

of bells or the ringing of bells

also tintinnabular or tintinnabulous

Origin: < L tintinnabulum, little bell, dim. of tintinnare, to jingle, ring < tinnire, to jingle + -ary

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