onomatopoeian means of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
Etymology
From onomatopoeia + -an.
adj
- Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.“Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.”
noun
- A word formed by onomatopoeia.“To slump; to slip, or fall plum down into any dirty, or wet place. It seems to he a word made per onomatopoeian from the sound.”