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ONOMATOPOEICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
Example:
it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
Synonyms:
echoic; imitative; onomatopoeic; onomatopoeical; onomatopoetic
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Derivation:
onomatopoeia (using words that imitate the sound they denote)
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