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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ecphonesis \Ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?. See {Ecphonema}.] (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation. The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. --Gibbs. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ecphonesis n : an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn: {exclamation}]
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