what do you call words that say their own names?

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what do you call words that say their own names?

2006-08-23 14:03:30 · 4 answers · asked by Josie E 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

4 answers

Onomatopoeia

2006-08-23 14:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by Totoru 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋

In rhetoric, linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that employs a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as "bang" or "click", or animal such as "moo", "quack" or "meow".

2006-08-23 14:10:20 · answer #2 · answered by shepardj2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You're thinking of either onomatopoeia (like POW or BANG), or eponyms ("Kafkaesque", "guillotine").

2006-08-23 14:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by Claude 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋

a rhetorical device.

2006-08-23 14:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋