Definition of Interjiction
In`ter*jec"tion (?), n. [L.
interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See
Interject.]
1. The act of interjecting or throwing
between; also, that which is interjected.
The interjection of laughing.
Bacon.
2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech
thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas!
Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare
Exclamation.
An interjection implies a meaning which it
would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be
regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of
thought to rank it among the parts of speech.
Earle.
How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of
laughing, as, ah, ha, he! Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (grammatical terminology) an exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion. See the Wikipedia article on interjection for much more detail.
- an interruption; something interjected
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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