\Tym"pa*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a kettledrum. See
{Tympanites}.]
1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
   --Fuller.

2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. ``Thine 's
   a tympany of sense.'' --Dryden.

         A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. --De
                                               Quincey.