Tympany

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tympany \Tym"pa*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a kettledrum. See
     {Tympanites}.]
     1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
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     2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine's a
        tympany of sense." --Dryden.
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              A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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