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Definition of Echoic

1. Adjective. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound. "It was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"

Definition of Echoic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an echo ¹

2. Adjective. imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Echoic

1. resembling an echo [adj] - See also: echo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Echoic

Literary usage of Echoic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"nod ; drowse, -lino, dim. of -lo. pifo-lo, M. : doze (light sleep). pis-pi01(áre [L. -pillare (echoic)], INTR.: whisper, -pif/l/o. и. ..."

2. Folk-memory by Walter Johnson (1908)
"Knapper is considered by the best authorities to be of onomatopoetic or echoic origin. It represents the sound caused when an object is smartly struck. ..."

3. Folk-memory: Or, The Continuity of British Archaeology by Walter Johnson (1908)
"Knapper is considered by the best authorities to be of onomatopoetic or echoic origin. It represents the sound caused when an object is smartly struck. ..."

4. The Tempestby William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1904)
"And I further contend that it is far more satisfactory to read the play in the study than to see it presented in the archaic and "echoic" methods so dear to ..."

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