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onomatology
[ on-uh-muh-tol-uh-jee ]
/ ˌɒn ə məˈtɒl ə dʒi /
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Origin of onomatology
OTHER WORDS FROM onomatology
on·o·mat·o·log·ic [on-uh-mat-l-oj-ik], /ˌɒn əˌmæt lˈɒdʒ ɪk/, on·o·mat·o·log·i·cal, adjectiveon·o·mat·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbon·o·ma·tol·o·ist, nounWords nearby onomatology
on-off, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomatology, onomatopoeia, Onondaga, Onondagan, on one hand, on one's
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How to use onomatology in a sentence
Look, for instance, at his ingenious quaintness in the matter of onomatology.