Definitions for onomatopoetic



Overview of adj onomatopoetic

The adj onomatopoetic has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic

(of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia)

2. echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic

((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)

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