definitions

echoic

[ e-koh-ik ]
/ ɛˈkoʊ ɪk /
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adjective

resembling an echo.
onomatopoeic.

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RELATED WORDS

imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic

Nearby words

echoencephalography, echogenic, echogram, echograph, echography, echoic, echoic memory, echoism, echolalia, echolocation, echomimia

Origin of echoic

From the Latin word ēchōicus, dating back to 1875–80. See echo, -ic
Related formsnon·e·cho·ic, adjectiveun·e·cho·ic, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for echoic

echoic

/ (ɛˈkəʊɪk) /

adjective

characteristic of or resembling an echo
onomatopoeic; imitative
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for echoic

echoic

adj.

1880; see echo (n.) + -ic.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper