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onomatopoetic
Alternative clues for the word onomatopoetic
Word definitions for onomatopoetic in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic ] (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"- ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Onomatopoetic \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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context uncommon English) (alternative spelling of onomatopoeic nodot=1 English); concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia.
Usage examples of onomatopoetic.
Love the scratching to mark territory, the biting, the onomatopoetic sounds, grabbing her hair above her ears and giving her a deep and never-ending kiss, all the wild and spontaneous things that happen during congress.
The idea and the word appear almost simultaneously, as in onomatopoetic designations and interjections.
Absolutely original onomatopoetic words are very rare with children, and have not been observed by me except after the children already knew some words.
It is not easy in this to trace so clearly the framing of a concept as attaching itself directly to onomatopoetic forms as it is in a case communicated by Romanes.
Here belong also the onomatopoetic attempts of children, which are simply a sort of imitation.
It is onomatopoetic enough so that to Angelo it must have sounded like throat clearing.