Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tintinnabulary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tintinnab-u-lary
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bell-ringer.

Etymology

From tintinnabular + -ary. Noun sense possibly also under the influence of Latin tintinnabularius (“bell-ringer”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tintinnabulary (comparative) most tintinnabulary (superlative) tintinnabularies (plural)

Questions

What does tintinnabulary mean?
Alternative form of tintinnabular: related to bells or bell-ringing.
Where does tintinnabulary come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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