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phonaesthetic

/ˌfəʊnɪsˈθɛtɪk/

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From phon- + aesthetic.

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Exhibiting phonaesthesia (correspondence between sound and meaning of a word). Phonaesthetic motivation, as we said, arises either from crude imitation or from sound association, which can be regarded respectively as (1) onomatopoeic; and (2) symbolic.
Euphonious.
Of or relating to phonaesthetics (aesthetics of phonology). Indeed, if there is anything at all to phonaesthetics, there must be some nonarbitariness to phonetic structure -- at least to people who have some phonaesthetic perceptions (as people on this list have admitted they have), if not to everyone.

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@misc{phonaesthetic_2026,
  title = {phonaesthetic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phonaesthetic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}