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Webster 1913 Edition


Ecphonesis


Ecˊpho-ne′sis

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]. See
Ecphonema
.]
(Rhet.)
An animated or passionate exclamation.
The feelings by the
ecphonesis
are very various.
Gibbs.

Definition 2024


ecphonesis

ecphonesis

English

Noun

ecphonesis (usually uncountable, plural ecphoneses)

  1. (rhetoric) Exclamation.

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