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Meaning of ONOMATOPOETIC

Pronunciation:  `ânu`matupoy'etik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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
  2. [adj]  of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
 
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 Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical
 
 Antonyms: nonechoic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to onomatop[oe]ia; characterized by
onomatop[oe]ia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or
word. --Earle.
 

 

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