onomatopoetic

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

Onomatopoetic Words.––This coördination of the two appeals is the origin and the essence of the quality of 210 style.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker