ecphoneme
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ecphoneme
noun ecphonemes
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An exclamation mark.
1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 800,
The Ecphoneme, or Note of Exclamation, is used to denote а pause with some strong emotion of admiration, joy, grief, or other feeling; and, as a sign of great wonder, it is sometimes, though not
Similar: bang, exclamation mark, exclamation point
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