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echoic
CIDE DICTIONARY
echoic, adj.
- Formed in imitation of a natural sound; -- of words. Contrasted to
nonechoic . [WordNet 1.5] - Like or characteristic of an echo. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
echoic, adj. Phonet. (of a word) imitating the sound it represents; onomatopoeic.
Derivative
echoically adv.
THESAURUS
echoic
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