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tintamarre

noun
tin·​ta·​marre
variants: or less commonly tintamar \ ¦tintə¦mär \
plural -s

Definition of tintamarre

: 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

History and Etymology for tintamarre

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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