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ecphonesis

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ec⋅pho⋅ne⋅sis

  [ek-fuh-nee-sis]
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–noun Rhetoric.
the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”
Also called exclamation.

Origin:
1580–90; < Gk ekphnēsis, equiv. to ekphonē-, var. s. of ekphōneîn to cry out (see ec-, -phone ) + -sis -sis
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noun
an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" 
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