a. Obs. [ad. L. tinnient-em, pr. pple. of tinnīre to ring, tinkle.] Ringing, resonant.
1668. H. More, Div. Dial., II. v. (1713), 100. A sportful passage of Nature, to try how tight and tinnient her new workmanship was.
1753. Ess. on Action for Pulpit, 86. It will make every religious string, so to say, more intense and tinnient.
