Definitions for onomatopoetic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic(adj)

    of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia

  2. echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic(adj)

    (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

Wiktionary

  1. onomatopoetic(Adjective)

    ; concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia.


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