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.
Onomatopoeia is the naming of a sound by trying to imitate it, as in meow (The cat meowed) or quack (The duck only uttered a muffled quack.) For more on onomatopoeia, read out Good Word article. Back to English Grammar & Style. Other Resources You Might Enjoy. The 100 Funniest Words in English.