Meaning of INTERJECTION
| Pronunciation: | | `intur'jekshun
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- [n] the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
- [n] an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
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| | Synonyms: | | ejaculation, interpellation, interpolation, interposition |
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| | See Also: | | break, disruption, exclaiming, exclamation, gap, interruption | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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