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Formation of words like "buzz" or "hiss"
Answer for the clue "Formation of words like "buzz" or "hiss" ", 12 letters:
onomatopoeia
Alternative clues for the word onomatopoeia
Word definitions for onomatopoeia in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Late Latin onomatopoeia , from Greek onomatopoiia "the making of a name or word" (in imitation of a sound associated with the thing being named), from onomatopoios , from onoma (genitive onomatos ) "word, name" (see name (n.)) + a derivative ...
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Onomatopoeia is a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of Green Arrow and Batman .
Wiktionary
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n. (obsolete spelling of onomatopoeia English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. using words that imitate the sound they denote
Usage examples of onomatopoeia.
The basic form of dolphin/dolphin communication in this view would be a sort of aural onomatopoeia, a drawing of audio frequency pictures- in this case, caricatures of a shark.
There are lots of bells and whistles, too - onomatopoeia, incremental repetition, stream of consciousness, interior dialogue, changes of verbal tense (it has become quite fashionable to tell stories, especially shorter ones, in the present tense), the sticky question of back story (how do you get it in and how much of it belongs), theme, pacing (we'll touch on these last two), and a dozen other topics, all of which are covered - sometimes at exhausting length - in writing courses and standard writing texts.