Tȳm'pa-ny, n.

n. [Gr. τυμπανίας, from τύμπανον, a kettle-drum. See TYMPANITES.]

1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanitis. See TYMPANITIS.
2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; tumidity; turgidness. “A plethoric and tautologic tympany of sentence.” De Quincey.