| Pronunciation: | | `ekfow'neesis
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[n] an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" |
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ECPHONESIS is a 10 letter word that starts with E. |
| | Synonyms: | | exclamation |
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| | See Also: | | rhetorical device |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See
{Ecphonema}.] (Rhet.)
An animated or passionate exclamation.
The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various.
--Gibbs.
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