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echoic — adj. 1. (linguistics) Formed in imitation of a natural sound; of words. Contrasted to {nonechoic}. Syn: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Like or characteristic of an echo. Syn: echolike. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
echoic — 1880; see ECHO (Cf. echo) + IC (Cf. ic) … Etymology dictionary
echoic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of or like an echo. 2) representing a sound by imitation; onomatopoeic. DERIVATIVES echoically adverb … English terms dictionary
echoic — [e kō′ik] adj. 1. having the nature of an echo 2. imitative in sound; onomatopoeic: a term used, as in the etymologies of this dictionary, to indicate that a word, as TINKLE, is formed in approximate imitation of some sound echoism [ek′ō iz΄əm] n … English World dictionary
Echoic memory — Echoic Memory, the auditory version of sensory memory, refers to the phenomenon in which there is a brief mental echo that continues to sound after auditory stimuli has been heard. In comparison to sensory and iconic memory, echoic memory is… … Wikipedia
echoic — adjective Date: circa 1880 1. formed in imitation of some natural sound ; onomatopoeic 2. of or relating to an echo … New Collegiate Dictionary
echoic — /e koh ik/, adj. 1. resembling an echo. 2. onomatopoeic. [1875 80; < L echoicus. See ECHO, IC] * * * … Universalium
echoic — adjective a) Of or pertaining to an echo b) imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic … Wiktionary
echoic — Synonyms and related words: answering, antiphonal, apish, battological, booming, confutative, conjugate, delineatory, depictive, derivative, duplicative, echoing, embodying, emulative, etymologic, figurative, graphic, growling, ideographic,… … Moby Thesaurus
echoic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Imitating sounds: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic. See SAME, SOUNDS … English dictionary for students
