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Ecphonesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Exclamation. rhetoric, uncountable, usually

    "By Ecphonesis, straight the mind is raised When by a sudden flow of passion seized."

  2. 2
    an exclamatory rhetorical device wordnet
  3. 3
    The part of the service spoken in an audible tone. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation, exclamation”).

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