Definition of Exclemation
Ex`cla*ma"tion (?), n. [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. Shak.
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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
- A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus ; -- called also exclamation point.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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