ecphonesis
ExclamationExclamation.
Meaning
2 senses(rhetoric, uncountable, usually)Exclamation.
(uncountable, usually)The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
More definitions
- an exclamatory rhetorical device
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation, exclamation”).From Ancient Greek ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation, exclamation”).
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Forms
plural: ecphoneses| Singular | ecphonesis |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- an exclamatory rhetorical device:exclamation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable