phonaesthemicphonesthemicadj.
/ˌfɒnəsˈθiːmɪk/, U.S. /ˌfoʊnəsˈθimɪk/ Linguistics.
Of or relating to phonaesthemes; phonaesthetic.
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sound-symbolic1964
phonaesthemic1967
phonaesthematic1972
1967 Language 43 26 Certain items from a large class of phonaesthemic verbs resist the laws of gradation.
1982 D. L. Gold in Comments on Etymol. 12 v. & vi. 11 As a result of Yiddish influence on American English, word-initial /š/ + consonant has acquired a certain phonesthemic status in the latter.
2003 Oceanic Ling. 42 The forms that share this inchoate sound-meaning association can be called an incipient phonesthemic set.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1967- to walk into a person's affections
- to walk into affections
- to walk matilda
- to walk off
- to walk off the shelves
- to walk off with
- to walk on
- to walk on air
- to walk on crutches
- to walk on eggshells
- to walk on foot
- to walk on formerly in stilts
- to walk on one's uppers
- to walk on stilts
- to walk on the wild side
- to walk on thorns
- to walk on thorns a thorn
- to walk on water
- to walk one's chalks
- to walk one's round
- to walk one's rounds
- to walk out
- to walk out a sermon
- to walk out of the shop
- to walk over