tympany (countable and uncountable, plural tympanies)
The sound made by beating a drum.
(medicine) Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).
Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
Source: Wiktionary
Tym"pa*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. Tympanites.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
