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}]