Tym"pa*ny (?), n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a
kettledrum. See Tympanites.] 1. (Med.) 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.