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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
onomatopoeia /ˌɒnə(ʊ)matəˈpiːə/
▶noun the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle).

■ the use of such words for rhetorical effect.
– derivatives
onomatopoeic adjective,
onomatopoeically adverb.
– origin C16: via late L. from Gk onomatopoiia ‘word-making’, from onoma, onomat- ‘name’ + -poios ‘making’.



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