echoic, a.
(ɛˈkəʊɪk)
[f. echo n. + -ic.]
Of the nature of an echo: a term proposed by J. A. H. Murray and used in this Dictionary to describe formations which echo the sound which they are intended to denote or symbolize.
| 1880 J. A. H. Murray Addr. Philol. Soc. 20 note, Echoism..has the useful derivatives echoist, echoize, and echoic. 1886 N.E.D. s.v. Botch v.1, App. related to Du. botsen to knock, dash, Ger. dial. butschen, butzen to strike, knock; according to Franck an onomatopœic word of echoic origin. 1950 Partridge Here, There & Everywhere 182 Grurmstipth, an omnibus: obviously an echoic term. |