noun
also tin·ta·mar |tintə|mär
( -s )
Etymology: French tintamarre, from Middle French, from tinter to ring (from Latin tinitare, freq. of tinnire to ring) + -amarre, of unknown origin
: a great confused noise : uproar , din
I did not know … though I did guess by such a tintamarre and cough and sneeze — Sir Walter Scott