onomatopoetic

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Onomatopoetic compounds of this type are common in the comic writers.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were used because the names Onomatopoetic and Interjectional are awkward and not very clear.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

Onomatopoetic words, like zounzoun, vounvoun, dindánti, are common.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

Two theories have been started to solve this problem: the Onomatopoetic, according to which roots are imitations of sounds; and the Interjectional, which regards them as involuntary ejaculations.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah