ecphonesisn.
Rhetoric.
Exclamation, an exclamatory phrase.
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 177 Ecphonisis..The figure of exclamation..it vtters our minde by all such words as do shew any extreme passion.
1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 318 The Ecphonesis or acclamation of Chrysostome upon this plea.
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Ecphonesis, an exclamation. In Rhetorick, a Figure, whereby the Oratour expresses the vehement Transport of his own Mind, and stirs up the Affections of those to whom he speaks.
1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 226 Ecphonesis, Admiration or Wonder and Exclamation..is marked thus (!).
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
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