exclamation
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exclamation
- /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclāmātiō, from exclāmō (“to cry out”) + -tiō.
noun exclamations
- A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. "And now, my dearest Lucy, collect yourself, for all depends upon our own resources." Such were the whispered exclamations with which Francesca cheered her trembling companion, whose courage was not heightened by the darkness and stillness around them as they proceeded on their hazardous enterprise.
- A word expressing outcry; an interjection.
- An exclamation mark.
