| Pronunciation: | | `ânu`matupoy'etik
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WordNet Dictionary |
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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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ONOMATOPOETIC is a 13 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonechoic |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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