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Definition of Ecphonesis
1. Noun. An exclamatory rhetorical device. "O tempore! O mores"
Definition of Ecphonesis
1. n. An animated or passionate exclamation.
Definition of Ecphonesis
1. Noun. (rhetoric) Exclamation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecphonesis
Literary usage of Ecphonesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are by John Walker (1822)
"ecphonesis. Exclamation and Interrogation have been treated at large in the former
... ecphonesis, or Exclamation, is a figure which shows that the mind ..."
2. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and by John Walker (1823)
"A sneer commences at perhaps, which must be pronounced with a sly arch tone, as
if perfectly secure of the consequences of another onset. ecphonesis. ..."
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