onomatopoeics

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onomatopoeics (uncountable)

  1. The use of onomatopoeia.
    • 1936, The Listener, volume 16, page 597:
      The opening, for example, is no more than a highly skilful piece of onomatopoeics without any musical, emotional or even literary content.