onomatopoeian

onomatopoeian

English

Etymology

onomatopoeia +‎ -an

Noun

onomatopoeian (plural onomatopoeians)

1. (obsolete) A word formed by onomatopoeia.
   • 1818, John Ray, “South and East Country Words”, in A compleat collection of English proverbs. To which is added, A collection of English words not generally used. Repr. verbatim from the ed. of 1768‎, London: T. and J. Allman, page 269:

     To slump; to slip, or fall plum down into any dirty, or wet place. It seems to he a word made per onomatopoeian from the sound.

   • 1860, Frederic William Farrar, “The Development of Roots”, in An essay on the origin of language: based on modern researches, and especially on the works of M. Renan‎, London: John Murray, page 109:

     We have already alluded to the root "ach," as having been in all probability an onomatopœian which gives rise, to a large number of cognate words in the Indo-European languages.

Adjective

onomatopoeian (comparative more onomatopoeian, superlative most onomatopoeian)

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
   • 1867, Gail Hamilton, Wool-gathering‎, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 185:

     Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.