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What does onomatopoetic mean?

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  1. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of onomatopoeic; concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia.
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As we know, music is a language which may delineate actual occurrences by means of onomatopoetic sounds.
In the cultural languages they recur, if at all, only in the onomatopoetic word-formations of later origin.
Here belong also the onomatopoetic attempts of children, which are simply a sort of imitation.
His dictionary hints at moments of cultural syncretism and dissonance, and, of course, varying degrees of onomatopoetic accuracy.
Mark Liberman has an interesting post over at Language Log about the spelling of interjections and onomatopoetic words in comic strips.
The Samurai Shopper loves a product that's onomatopoetic and exclamatory too.

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