Also 6 ecphonisis. Rhet. [Gr. ἐκφώνησις, f. as prec.] Exclamation, an exclamatory phrase.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie (Arb.), 221. Ecphonisis.… The figure of exclamation … it vtters our minde by all such words as do shew any extreme passion.
1642. John Eaton, Honey-combe of Free Justif., 318. The Ecphonesis or acclamation of Chrysostome, upon this plea.
1711. J. Greenwood, Eng. Gram., 226. Ecphonesis, Admiration or Wonder and Exclamation,… is marked thus (!).
1725. in Kersey.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.
