tintamarre

noun

tin·​ta·​marre

variants or less commonly tintamar

¦tintə¦mär

plural -s

: a great confused noise : uproar, din

I did not know … though I did guess by such a tintamarre and cough and sneeze

—Sir Walter Scott

Word History

Etymology

French tintamarre, from Middle French, from tinter to ring (from Latin tinitare, frequentative of tinnire to ring) + -amarre, of unknown origin

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