But neither the life of a cenobite, nor the labours of a missionary could satisfy the aspirations of his soul after perfection. Gustave Moreau alone transposed her to paintâMoreau, too, was a cenobite of art. Like a cenobite's cell, too, my pavilion was not meant for a storehouse of worldly treasures.
The definition of onomatopoeia is a poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. An example of onomatopoeia is a poem about a stream written in a way to imitate the sound of a stream.
Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  onomatopoeia(Noun) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents. 2  onomatopoeia(Noun) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle or hiss. 3  onomatopoeia(Noun) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.