Onomatopoesy

Quick meaning: Onomatopoesy is a noun meaning The use of onomatopoeia.

Meaning

The use of onomatopoeia.

Example Sentences

Because of this difference the onomatopoesy of the original has been lost and also some of the alliterative quality of Finnish poetry.

Even Hoxha's wife, Nexhmije (whose name is genuine onomatopoesy) , contributes by attacking the parasitic, opportunistic tendencies of Albanian youth.

Another means is the imitation of sounds by the organ of speech, constituting onomatopoesy , e.g., the hissing of a stream, the roll of thunder, the tumult of a storm, whistling, etc.

A little child is not content to call a cow, a cow; it is a moo-cow, and a dog is a bow-wow; but if onomatopoesy is a child-like quality, then our language itself is the kingdom of children.

Word Forms

• onomatopoesies

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include onomatopoeics, onomatopoesis, onomatopoiesis, onomatopoeia, onomatopoeian, onomatopoetry.

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