a. [f. L. tintinnābul-um: see next and -OUS.] Characterized by or pertaining to bell-ringing.
1791–3. in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799), I. 225. Tintinnabulous Intrepidity, or scenes of bell-ringing.
1822–56. De Quincey, Confess. (1862), 214. I, with many others who suffered from his tintinnabulous propensities.
1897. F. Thompson, Poems, New Year’s Chimes. Tintinnabulous, tuned to ring A multitudinous-single thing, Rung all in rhyme.
