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onomatopœic |
onomatope |
onomatopoeia |
onomatopoeic |
onomatopoeical |
onomatopoetic
| onomatopy
| onomomancy
| onondaga
| onondagas
| ononis
onomatopoetic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective onomatopoetic has 2 senses
- onomatopoetic(a = adj.pert) onomatopoeic - of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia; Array Derived form noun onomatopoeia1
- onomatopoetic(a = adj.all) echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical - (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" Derived form noun onomatopoeia1
CIDE DICTIONARY
onomatopoetic, a.
Of or pertaining to onomatopœia; characterized by onomatopœia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Earle. [1913 Webster]
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