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单词 onomatopy
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onomatopyn.

Brit. /ˌɒnəˈmatəpi/, U.S. /ˌɑnəˈmɑdəpi/, /ˌɑnəˈmædəpi/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French onomatopée; Latin onomatopoeia.
Etymology: < Middle French, French onomatopée (1585) or its etymon classical Latin onomatopoeia onomatopoeia n.; compare -y suffix3. Compare earlier onomatopoeia n. N.E.D. (1903) indicates the stress as oˈnomatopy.
Now rare.
= onomatopoeia n.
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onomatopoeia1553
new-namer1589
onomatopy1658
onomatopoesis1864
onomatopoesy1885
onomatopoeics1934
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Onomatopy [1678–96 -pæa], the faining of a name, from any kind of sound, as Bombarda, i. a Gun, from the sounding of bom.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 288 The word tic is commonly supposed to be an onomatopy or a sound expressive of the action it imports.
1863 R. G. Parker Aids to Eng. Composition 104 Onomatopœia, or Onomatopy, consists in the formation of words in such a manner that the sound shall imitate the sense.
a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) 133 ‘Launchchchchch’ was a lovely new onomatopy for the motor-boats.
1947 Word 3 9 The element of onomatopy in language is too slight to invalidate the general principle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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