ecphoneme
English
Noun
ecphoneme (plural ecphonemes)
- (obsolete) 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 very elegantly, repeated […]
- 1913, Frank H. Vizetelly, The Preparation of Manuscripts for the Printer, fifth revised edition, Funk & Wagnalls Company, page 51,
- The note of exclamation or ecphoneme is used after a word or phrase to express sudden emotion, and is sometimes repeated for emphasis.
- 1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 800,
Synonyms
- bang (slang)
- exclamation mark
- exclamation point
See also
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- parentheses ( ( ) )
- period (US) or full stop (UK) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )
- quotation marks (informal, Computing) ( " ) ( ' )
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