Onomatopoetic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Onomatopoetic \On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by
     onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word.
     --Earle.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  onomatopoetic
       adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: {onomatopoeic}]
       2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
          "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was
          independently developed in more than one place as an
          onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: {echoic}, {imitative},
           {onomatopoeic}, {onomatopoeical}] [ant: {nonechoic}]