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Definition of Onomatopoeic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia.

2. Adjective. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound. "It was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"

Definition of Onomatopoeic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to onomatopoeia. ¹

2. Adjective. Having the property of onomatopoeia. ¹

3. Adjective. (alternative spelling of onomatopoeic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Onomatopoeic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Onomatopoeic

1. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterised by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onomatopoeic

onomatologies onomatologist onomatologists onomatology onomatomania onomatope onomatopeia onomatopeias onomatopeic onomatopes

onomatophobia onomatopies onomatopoeia onomatopoeiae onomatopoeias onomatopoeic (current term) onomatopoeical onomatopoeically onomatopoetic onomatopoetically

onomatopoiesis onomatopy onomatopœical onomatopœiæ onomomancy onondagas onoratoite onos onramp

Literary usage of Onomatopoeic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"... blendings of onomatopoeic words, by which class of words language is continually being enriched'). § 90. That onomatopoeic words should be liable ..."

2. My Colonial Service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia by George William Des Vœux (1903)
"... and his tail-trimming—onomatopoeic names—Cushi ants—Jager ants and their service to man—Night invasion of Jagers—Tenacity of life in ants—Termites—Their ..."

3. English grammar by Frederick Avarne White, Ben Jonson (1882)
"tions based upon the onomatopoeic method are fixed and unalterable eternal truths. The one foundation is the solid rock, the other the wavering sand. ..."

4. The Musical Basis of Verse: A Scientific Study of the Principles of Poetic by Julia Parker Dabney (1901)
"An onomatopoeic word is a species of trope which, merely by the sound, makes to the mind an image or picture of that which the word rhetorically expresses. ..."

5. The Musical Basis of Verse: A Scientific Study of the Principles of Poetic by Julia Parker Dabney (1901)
"An onomatopoeic word is a species of trope which, merely by the ... The examples given on page 115 for alliteration are all more or less onomatopoeic. ..."

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