echoic
echoic definition
echo·ic (e kō′ik)
adjective
- having the nature of an echo
- imitative in sound; onomatopoeic: a term used, as in the etymologies of this dictionary, to indicate that a word, as tinkle, is formed in approximate imitation of some sound
Related Forms:
- echoism echo·ism′ (ek′ō iz′əm) noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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