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Webster 1913 Edition


Exclamation

Exˊcla-ma′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
exclamatio
: cf. F.
exclamation
.]
1.
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
Exclamations
against abuses in the church.
Hooker.
Thus will I drown your
exclamations
.
Shakespeare
A festive
exclamation
not unsuited to the occasion.
Trench.
2.
(Rhet.)
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3.
(Print.)
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; – called also
exclamation point
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exclamation

EXCLAMA'TION

,
Noun.
Outcry; noisy talk; clamor; as exclamations against abuses in government.
1.
Vehement vociferation.
Thus will I drown your exclamations.
2.
Emphatical utterance; a vehement extension or elevation of voice; ecphonesis; as, O dismal night!
3.
A note by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked: thus!
4.
In grammar, a word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing some passion, as wonder, fear or grief.

Definition 2024


exclamation

exclamation

English

Noun

exclamation (plural exclamations)

  1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
  3. A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!].

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External links

  • exclamation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • exclamation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

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Noun

exclamation f (plural exclamations)

  1. exclamation (cry of joy)

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