onomatopoietical
Definitions
Adjective. [C2]
Examples
“The word may be onomatopoietical for a sneezing or hacking cough, and if our object were a complete⟳ study⟳ of the Aconite Cough, it would behoove us to leave⟳ no stone unturned to learn⟳ precisely what Hahnemann meant.”
“To this phase belong⟳ imitations of sound⟳ and sound-metaphors of the different onomatopoietical types.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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