ecphonesis

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noun

The part of a service spoken in an audible tone.

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interjectionexclamation
OriginAncient Greek ἐκφώνησις →
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Meanings

nounecphonesis (usually uncountable, plural ecphoneses)

plural ecphoneses

  1. countableusuallyGreek OrthodoxyThe part of a service spoken in an audible tone.
  2. rhetoricuncountableusuallyThe making of an emotional utterance; (countable) an instance of this; an exclamatory phrase, an exclamation.

    By Ecphonesis, straight the mind is raised / When by a sudden flow of passion seized.

    1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Ecphonesis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 33

    Synonyms: interjection

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe making of an emotional utterance; (countable) an instance of this; an exclamatory phrase, an exclamation.

Similar
interjection

More synonyms by meaning

nounan exclamatory rhetorical device

Similar
exclamation
Broader
rhetorical device
Also see
exclamation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐκφώνησις“pronunciation, exclamation”
  2. Englishecphonesis

From Ancient Greek ἐκφώνησις (ekphṓnēsis, “pronunciation, exclamation”).

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APA

ecphonesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecphonesis

MLA

“ecphonesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecphonesis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecphonesis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecphonesis.

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