tintinnabulation

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I just like the sound of the word tintinnabulation and if you look it up in the OED, it simply describes a sound made by the ringing of a bell.

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  1. noun The ringing or sounding of bells.

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  • She laughed at that, a music like the tintinnabulation of tiny bells. —  The Urth of the New Sun
  • Soon the tintinnabulation was drowned out by the thunder of clawed feet on dry earth. —  Mercadian Masques
  • This soon grows to snores that have been known to rattle storm windows, set shutters to swinging and chandeliers into violent tintinnabulation, yes indee-eed. ... —  Gravity's Rainbow
  • I just like the sound of the word tintinnabulation and if you look it up in the OED, it simply describes a sound made by the ringing of a bell. —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
  • Amidst the whole tintinnabulation is a soft resonant echo of horns below, like an image in a lake. —  Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
 

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/tɪntɪnæbjuˈleɪʃən/
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