Associations to the word «Tympani»

Wiktionary

TYMPANI, noun. Alternative spelling of timpani

Dictionary definition

TYMPANI, noun. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats