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      ecphonesis
      noun
      an exclamatory rhetorical device
      Roots
      ekec- · Greek · outphonephon- · Greek · voice, soundesis-esis · Greek · action, process
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      The word ecphonesis breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: ec-, from Greek ek (“out”); phon, from Greek phone (“voice, sound”); and -esis, from Greek esis (“action, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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