ECPHONESIS


Meaning of ECPHONESIS in English

/ek'feuh nee"sis/ , n. Rhet.

the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in "O tempore! O mores!" Also called exclamation .

[ 1580-90; ekphónesis, equiv. to ekphone-, var. s. of ekphoneîn to cry out (see EC-, -PHONE) + -sis -SIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .