Tympany
Pronunciation : Tym"pa*ny
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. Tympanites.]
Definition : 1. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913