ecphonesis
[ek-f
uh
-
nee
-sis]
/ˌɛk fəˈni sɪs/
noun
,
Rhetoric
1.
the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
Also called
exclamation
.
Origin
1580-90;
<
Greek
ekphṓnēsis,
equivalent to
ekphonē-,
variant stem of
ekphōneîn
to cry out (see
ec-
,
-phone
) +
-sis
-sis