exclamation

[ ek-skluh-mey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of exclaiming; outcry; loud complaint or protest: The speech was continually interrupted by rude exclamations.

  2. an interjection.

  1. Rhetoric. ecphonesis.

Origin of exclamation

1
1350–1400; Middle English exclamacio(u)n<Latin exclāmātiōn- (stem of exclāmātiō) a calling out, equivalent to exclāmāt(us) (past participle of exclāmāre;see exclaim) + -iōn--ion

Other words for exclamation

Other words from exclamation

  • ex·cla·ma·tion·al, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for exclamation

exclamation

/ (ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. an abrupt, emphatic, or excited cry or utterance; interjection; ejaculation

  2. the act of exclaiming

Derived forms of exclamation

  • exclamational, adjective

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