English Explanatory Dictionary

ding-dong theory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A speculative theory of the origins of spoken language, according to which all things have a vibrating natural resonance, echoed somehow in the earliest words of human beings.

Word forms

ding-dong theory

Etymology

In reference to the sound of a bell.

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