onomatopoeticaladj.
/ˌɒnəmatəˌpəʊˈɛtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌɑnəˌmɑdəpoʊˈɛdək(ə)l/, /ˈˌɑnəˌmædəpoʊˈɛdək(ə)l/ rare.
= onomatopoeic adj.
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onomatopoeious1661
onomatopoietical1709
onomatopoetic1847
onomatopoeian1860
onomatopoeic1860
onomatopoetical1866
onomatopoietic1875
echoic1880
onomatopoeical1880
1866 Cycl. Biblical Lit. (ed. 3) III. 825/2 These bilaterals..are nearly all of an onomatopoetical nature; that is, they are imitative sounds of a primitive kind.
1908 W. C. Clapp Vocab. Igorot Lang. 156/1 Alakak, large blue bird (onomatopoetical).
1997 Pop. Music & Society Summer 23 Taube uses..mostly tangos for the..Latin American settings, such as the Swedish..singalong piece ‘Fritiof och Carmencita’ (1936), with its catchy, almost onomatopoetical ‘Sam-bo-rom-bón’ beginning.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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