8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective resembling a drum
adjective associated with the eardrum
originEtymology tree English tympanum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tympanic From tympanum + -ic.
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