Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tympanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tym-pa-nize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To drum.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thou haſt plaid muſique to my dolefull ſoule; / And vvhen my heart vvas tympaniz'd vvith griefe, / Thou lauedſt out ſome into thy heart from mine, / And kept it ſo from burſting; […]"
"1807, B. Oley, "Prefatory View of Life and Virtues of the Author", in The Clergyman's Instructor by John Randolph Tympanized, as other saints of God were."
"prosperity does so tympanize mens souls , and intrance them from themselves ; that they forget they had a Maker."

Etymology

From tympan + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tympan

Usage

Inflected Forms

tympanizes (present, singular) tympanizing (participle, present) tympanized (participle, past) tympanized (past)

Questions

What does tympanize mean?: To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
Where does tympanize come from?: From tympan + -ize.

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