51Թ

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ecphonesis

[ ek-fuh-nee-sis ]

noun

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


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ecphonesis1

1580–90; < Greek ṓnŧ, equivalent to Dzŧ-, variant stem of ōԱî to cry out ( ec-, -phone ) + -sis -sis

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