Meaning of onomatopoeian | Babel Free

Definitions

A word formed by onomatopoeia.

obsolete

Examples

“To slump; to slip, or fall plum down into any dirty, or wet place. It seems to he a word made per onomatopoeian from the sound.”

“We have already alluded to the root "ach," as having been in all probability an onomatopœian which gives rise, to a large number of cognate words in the Indo-European languages.”

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