ecphonesis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation, exclamation”).
Noun edit
ecphonesis (usually uncountable, plural ecphoneses)
Examples (rhetoric) |
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William Shakespeare, Hamlet (c. 1599): |
- (rhetoric) Exclamation.
- (Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.