tintamar

English

Etymology

French tintamarre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɪntəˈmɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

tintamar (plural tintamars)

1. (obsolete) A hideous or confused noise; an uproar; a racket.
   • 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:

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

References

“tintamar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.