Word of the Day – Tintinnabulation

Tintinnabulation (noun)

tin-ti-nab-yu-lay-shun

The ringing or sound of bells.

Tintinnabulation is based on the Latin verb tintinnāre, meaning “to ring.” Tintinnāre was created by mimicking the sound of ringing, similar to English ding-dong. Tintinnabulation is often credited to Edgar Allan Poe, who featured the word in his poem The Bells in 1848, but Charles Dickens used tintinnabulation a year prior in his novel Dombey and Son.

Example sentences

“A resounding tintinnabulation greeted us as we entered the church”