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Definition of Tintinnabulate
1. Verb. Ring or sound like a small bell.
Definition of Tintinnabulate
1. Verb. To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tintinnabulate
Literary usage of Tintinnabulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Ruskin by John Ruskin (1874)
"When you have had full satisfaction of the tintinnabulate roof, you are led by
the sacristan and Murray to Niccola Pisano's pulpit; which, if you have spare ..."
2. White Mountain Trails: Tales of the Trails to the Summit of Mount Washington by Winthrop Packard (1912)
"It does not tintinnabulate, but " tonks " with a tone that is low, but carries
far and seems always a part of the woodland whence it so often sounds, ..."
3. Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine by William Hamilton Gibson (1890)
"... temperance O gush a gurgle scatter splatter such a carol as she alone can
follow follow pipe it pipe it bob O tintinnabulate for temperance temperance ..."
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