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ecphoneses

ecphoneses is the plural of ecphonesis.

Meaning of ecphonesis

Noun

ecphonesis (usually uncountable, plural ecphoneses)

  1. (rhetoric, usually) 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
  2. (usually, Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.

Questions about ecphoneses

What is ecphoneses the plural of?
Ecphoneses is the plural of ecphonesis.

Words near ecphoneses in the dictionary

  1. ecozones
  2. ECP
  3. ecphonema
  4. ecphoneme
  5. ecphonemes
  6. ecphoneses
  7. ecphonesis
  8. ecphonetic
  9. ecphorable
  10. ecphoration
  11. ecphore

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