[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ecphonesis \ec`phone"sis\, n. nl., fr. gr. ?. see
   ecphonema. rhet.
   an animated or passionate exclamation.
   1913 webster

         the feelings by the ecphonesis are very various.
                                                  --gibbs.
   1913 webster
see also:
ecphonema 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ecphonesis
     n : an exclamatory rhetorical device; "o tempore o mores" syn:
          exclamation
see also:
exclamation 

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