ecphonesis
American
[ek-fuh-nee-sis]
/ ˌɛk fəˈni sɪs /
noun
Rhetoric.
Etymology
Origin of ecphonesis
1580–90; < Greek ekphṓnēsis, equivalent to ekphonē-, variant stem of ekphōneîn to cry out ( ec-, -phone ) + -sis -sis
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