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Onomatopoeia

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(n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Onomatopoeia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/onomatopoeia.html. 1828.
 
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