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Onomatopoetic

Onomatopoetic Meaning & Definition
Onomatopoetic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Onomatopoetic?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Onomatopoetic: echoic | imitative | onomatopoeic | onomatopoeic | onomatopoeical

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Onomatopoetic In Webster's Dictionary

\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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