ecphonesis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an exclamatory rhetorical device
    exclamation.
    • O tempore! O mores

WordNet

Ec`pho*ne"sis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. . See Ecphonema.
Definitions
  1. (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation.
    The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs.

Webster 1913