tinnient

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A low, tremulous shudder was beginning to lift itself, like the distant growling of thunder, upon the tinnient air of the high summit.

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  • A low, tremulous shudder was beginning to lift itself, like the distant growling of thunder, upon the tinnient air of the high summit. —  Empire Builders
 

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  1. from Latin tinnien (t-)s, present participle of tinnire, ring: see ting, tink.
 

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