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echoic

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e⋅cho⋅ic

  [e-koh-ik]
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–adjective
1. resembling an echo.
2. onomatopoeic.
Origin:
1875–80; < L ēchōicus. See echo, -ic
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e·cho·ic   (ě-kō'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or resembling an echo.

  2. Imitative of natural sounds; onomatopoeic: an echoic word.

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