ecphonesis

American

[ek-fuh-nee-sis] / ˌɛk fəˈni sɪs /

noun

Rhetoric.

the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”

Etymology

Origin of ecphonesis

1580–90; < Greek ekphṓnēsis, equivalent to ekphonē-, variant stem of ekphōneîn to cry out ( see ec-, -phone) + -sis -sis

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