tintamar

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/ˌtɪntəˈmɑː(ɹ)/

noun

A hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.

OriginFrench tintamarre →
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Meanings

nountintamar (plural tintamars)

plural tintamars

  1. obsoleteA hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.

    nor is there any Motion, or the least tintamar of Trouble in any part of the Country

    1655, James Howell, “To my Brother, Dr. Howell”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchtintamarre
  2. Englishtintamar

French tintamarre.

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Chicago

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