n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a kettledrum. See Tympanites. ] 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. “Thine's a tympany of sense.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]