Meaning of ONOMATOPOEIC
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- [adj] (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
- [adj] of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
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| | Synonyms: | | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, onomatopoetic |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonechoic | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ic\, a.
Onomatopoetic. --Whitney.
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| | Related Terms: | | apish, conjugate, delineatory, depictive, derivative, echoic, embodying, emulative, etymologic, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, imitative, incarnating, lexical, lexicographic, lexicologic, lexigraphic, limning, mimetic, mimic, mimish, onomastic, onomatologic, onomatopoetic, paronymic, paronymous, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, portraying, representational, representative, representing, simulative, symbolizing, typifying, vivid |
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