OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5907

onomatopoeia

/ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
onomatopeya
The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
A woorde making called of the Grecians Onomatapoia, is when wee make wordes of our owne minde, such as bee derived from the nature of things.
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