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Sep. 2, 2014

tintinnabular \tin-ti-NAB-yuh-ler\ adjective 1. of or pertaining to bells or bell ringing. Quotes Mr. Squills was about to reply, when ring—a-ting—ring— ting! there came such a brisk, impatient, make-one's-self-at-home kind of tintinnabular alarum at the great gate, that we all started up and looked at each other in surprise. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons: A Family Picture, 1849 Origin Tintinnabular comes from the Latin tintinnābulum meaning "bell."

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