interjection

Noun
Synonyms: ejaculationinterpositioninterpolationinterpellation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotionSynonyms: ejaculation
  2. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interruptsSynonyms: interpositioninterpolationinterpellation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Interjection \In`ter*jec"tion\, n. [L. interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See Interject.] [1913 Webster]

1.The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected. [1913 Webster]

The interjection of laughing.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.(Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]
How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he!— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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