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phonomime

noun

Etymology

From phono- + mime.

  1. borrowed from mime — “mimic actor”
  2. derived from μῖμος — “imitator, actor”
  3. derived from mimus
  4. inherited from mīma — “a buffoon, jester, mime”
  5. inherited from *mime✻
  6. prefixed as phonomime — “phono + mime”

Definitions

  1. A word or phrase that mimics a sound.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for phonomime. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA