Onomatopoeian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Onomatopoeian is a noun meaning (obsolete) A word formed by onomatopoeia.
Meaning
(obsolete) A word formed by onomatopoeia.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
Example Sentences
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.
Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.
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.
Word Forms
- onomatopoeians
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include onomatopoeics, onomatopoesy, onomatopy, onomatopoietic, onomatopoesis, onomatope.
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