America's 10 Most-Wanted Words

Tue May 2 20:00:37 UTC 2000

How about mimesis as a blanket term?

Benjamin Barrett
gogaku at ix.netcom.com

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Kathleen Miller

That reminds me - I've been looking for just this sort of thing.

Is anyone aware of a word that is formed due to the way something looks?
Like onomatopoeia - but visual instead of aural?