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on·o·mat·o·poe·ia (ä-nə-mä-tə-pē-ä)
n. The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate
the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
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[Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoii, from onomatopoios, coiner of names :
onoma, onomat-, name; see n-men- in Indo-European Roots + poiein, to make; see
kwei-2 in Indo-European Roots.]
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