Onomatopoeia

Definitions

1. The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
   uncountable
2. Dated spelling of onomatopoeia.
   countable, uncountable
3. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".
   countable
4. A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
   countable
5. The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
   rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A woorde making called of the Grecians Onomatapoia, is when wee make⟳ wordes of our owne minde, such as bee derived from the nature of things.”

“Poets in particular make⟳ use⟳ of onomatopœia—discordant or melodious sounds, heavy accented syllables or light⟳ unaccented syllables—to suit⟳ the ideas to be expressed.”

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