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Old 09-04-2010, 02:50 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn View Post
And onomatopoeia is?
Yeah - that's limited to the sound of the word.

I'm looking for the equivalent - something limited to the written appearance of the word.

Mimesis would cover both.

(Gee, this might be the opportunity to make up a word! Something from the Latin or Greek should do the trick - but I don't know those languages.)
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