sound-symbolic

adj

Etymology

From sound symbolism + -ic.

Definitions

  1. characterized by sound symbolism

    • Wagner proposes a sound-symbolic origin, after the sounds these insects [grasshoppers] make. Although this cannot be fully excluded, this word exhibits suspiciously little formal variation for a sound-symbolic formation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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