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onomatopoeia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Onomatopoeia  \On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ia\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?;  ?,  ?,  a 
  name  +  ?  to  make.]  (Philol.) 
  The  formation  of  words  in  imitation  of  sounds;  a  figure  of 
  speech  in  which  the  sound  of  a  word  is  imitative  of  the  sound 
  of  the  thing  which  the  word  represents;  as  the  buzz  of  bees; 
  the  hiss  of  a  goose;  the  crackle  of  fire. 
 
  Note:  It  has  been  maintained  by  some  philologist  that  all 
  primary  words  especially  names  were  formed  by 
  imitation  of  natural  sounds. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  onomatopoeia 
  n  :  using  words  that  imitate  the  sound  they  denote 




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