# anechoic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌæn.ɛˈkəʊ.ɪk/

## Definitions
1. Lacking echoes; particularly, designed to absorb sound.

## Etymology
From an- + echoic, from echo + -ic, from Middle English ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”).

## Source
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