On·o·mat·o·po·et·ic a. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.
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onomatopoetic
adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic]
2: (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 [syn: echoic, imitative,
onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical] [ant: nonechoic]