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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of onomatopoeia.
Examples
“There was a storm of cat-calls, cries, and exclamations, which all the onomatopeia of the language would fail to represent.”
“If we understand him rightly, while not excluding the influence of _onomatopeia_, (or physical imitation,) he would attach”
“None the less every healthy child has a strong inclination to onomatopeia.”
“In some cases, the onomatopeia didn't exist because, well, neither did the ability it was linked to.”
“since they include it in an entry on onomatopeia; like the similar "Hubba hubba!" it's more a venting of primal emotion in assonant syllables than an attempt to represent a natural sound, like "oink.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘onomatopeia’.
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GRE Barron's 800
zealot, wistful, welter, wary, whimsical, warranted, vortex, vivisection, volatile, vitiate, viscous, visage and 787 more...
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Odamoddypia
Onomatopoeia variants.
onomatopoeia, onamatopoeia, onomotopeia, onamatopeia, onomatopeia, onamotopeia, onomatopia, onomotopaeia, onomotopoeia, onomatapoetic, onomatopoetic, otamotapea and 20 more...
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samuraizack's Words
floccinaucinihili..., pneumonoultramicr..., bombastic, existentialistic, velocipede, aglet, anatomical snuffbox, wonk, tang, funambulist, quakebuttock, flews and 390 more...
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Fun Words
Words that have funny meanings or are just fun to say.
kumquat, chimichanga, sarsparilla, rutabaga, rumpus, flummox, encrusted, prestidigitation, pomegranate, preposterous, dentiloquist, sepulchre and 323 more...
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kevincooper's Words
prosopopeia, lisle, magisterial, zeitgeist, zeugma, bloviate, apocryphal, bon mot, cacophony, euphony, brigandier, micturition and 313 more...
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Grammar
Terms that would be good to know.
homonym, womonym, aptronym, autoantonym, bacronym, capitonym, exonym, heteronym, oronym, patronym, pseudonym, retronym and 62 more...
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Age of Aquarius Words
carpe diem, de rigueur, ad hominem, bowdlerize, tantalize, excogitate, exogamy, endogamy, logophile, neophobia, lexiphanic, abdicate and 69 more...
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favorite words from "house of leaves"
it's cheating but i also added phrases that i especially liked. my apologies to any Wordie Purists out there.
ensuing, deracinated, snarls, impenetrable, obliterated, lunacy, subsurface, graphomaniac, needlessly compli..., pointlessly obtuse, prolix, ridiculously conc... and 39 more...
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goddessroars's Favorites
Words I like 'cause I just do.
onomatopeia, discombobulated, verklempt, kerfuffle, estacionamientimetro
Tweets
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whichbe Misspelling of onomatopoeia. Dec 5, 2008