the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Formed in imitation of a natural sound; -- of words. Contrasted to nonechoic.
adj. Like or characteristic of an echo.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to or formed by echoism; onomatopoetic. See extract under echoism.
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adj. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
adj. like or characteristic of an echo
Word Usage
"coccyx: 1615, from Gk. kokkyx "cuckoo" from kokku, like the bird's Eng. name echoic of its cry, so called by ancient Gk. physician Galen because the bone in humans supposedly resembles a cuckoo's beak."