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Definition of Ideophone
1. Noun. A word that utilizes sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ideophone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ideophone
Literary usage of Ideophone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Realm of Reality by William J. Murray (1922)
"stupidity, or sluggishness; and the ideophone merely illustrates what ... It all
depends on the kind of song you sing into the ideophone of the mind as to ..."
2. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"Word. — N. word, term, vocable; name &c. 564; phrase &c. 566; root, etymon;
derivative; part of speech &c. (grammar) 567; ideophone. dictionary, vocabulary, ..."
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