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onomatopoeiaOne entry found. Main Entry: on·o·mato·poe·ia Pronunciation: \ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-ˈpē-ə, -ˌma-\ Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomat-, onoma name + poiein to make — more at poet Date: circa 1577 1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) — on·o·mato·poe·ic \-ˈpē-ik\ or on·o·mato·po·et·ic \-pō-ˈe-tik\ adjective — on·o·mato·poe·i·cal·ly \-ˈpē-ə-k(ə-)lē\ or on·o·mato·po·et·i·cal·ly \-pō-ˈe-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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