ecphonesis

[ ek-fuh-nee-sis ]
/ ˌɛk fəˈni sɪs /

noun Rhetoric.

the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”
Also called exclamation.

Origin of ecphonesis

1580–90; < Greek ekphṓnēsis, equivalent to ekphonē-, variant stem of ekphōneîn to cry out (see ec-, -phone) + -sis -sis

Words nearby ecphonesis

ecotone, ecotourism, ecotropic virus, ecotype, ecowas, ecphonesis, ecr, ecru, ecs, ecsc, ecstasy