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sound symbolism

noun

, Linguistics.
  1. a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sound symbolism1

First recorded in 1875–80

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