Ecphonesis \Ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See
{Ecphonema}.] (Rhet.)
An animated or passionate exclamation.
The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various.
--Gibbs.
ecphonesis
n : an exclamatory rhetorical device; "O tempore! O mores" [syn:
{exclamation}]