Phonesthemic


[foh-nuh s-thee-mik] /ˌfoʊ nəsˈθi mɪk/

adjective, Linguistics.
1.
(of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.

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