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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.

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  • SENSE
    A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing,
  • TAUTOLOGIC
    Tautological.
  • FULLER
    One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
  • CONCEITEDLY
    1. In an egotistical manner. 2. Fancifully; whimsically.
  • TYMPANY
    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.
  • CONCEITEDNESS
    The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.
  • BOMBAST
    a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See 1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. A candle with a wick of bombast. Lupton. 2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. How now, my sweet
  • PLETHORICAL
    Plethoric. -- Ple*thor"ic*al*ly, adv. Burke.
  • FLATULENT
    1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. Vegetables abound more with aƫrial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent.
  • DISTENTION
    1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs. 2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
  • BELLYCHEER
    Good cheer; viands. "Bellycheer and banquets." Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer." Milton.
  • BELLYBAND
    A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail. (more info) 1. A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth. 2. A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
  • SENTENCER
    One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
  • CONCEIT
    conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. A man wise
  • PLETHORIC
    Haeving a full habit of body; characterized by plethora or excess of blood; as, a plethoric constitution; -- used also metaphorically. "Plethoric phrases." Sydney Smith. "Plethoric fullness of thought." De Quincey.
  • THINE
    A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers. Note: In the old
  • FLATULENTLY
    In a flatulent manner; with flatulence.
  • HENCE
    ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
  • BELLYFUL
    As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.
  • SENTENCE
    In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term
  • INSENSE
    To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • SWARTHINESS
    The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • LABYRINTHINE
    Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
  • ETHINE
    Acetylene.
  • THENCEFROM
    From that place.
  • SELF-CONCEIT
    Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments. Syn. -- See Egotism.
  • LENGTHINESS
    The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
  • RHADAMANTHINE
    Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.

 

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