- exclamation
- noun Date: 14th century 1. a sharp or sudden utterance 2. vehement expression of protest or complaint
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exclamation — [ ɛksklamasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1311; lat. exclamatio, de exclamare 1 ♦ Cri, paroles brusques exprimant de manière spontanée une émotion, un sentiment. ⇒ interjection. Pousser des exclamations. ⇒ s exclamer. Retenir, étouffer une exclamation. Une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
exclamation — late 14c., from M.Fr. exclamation, from L. exclamationem (nom. exclamatio), noun of action from pp. stem of exclamare cry out loud (see EXCLAIM (Cf. exclaim)). The punctuation symbol known as the exclamation point (1824) or exclamation mark… … Etymology dictionary
Exclamation — may refer to:* Exclamation mark, the punctuation mark ! * Exclamation, an emphatic sentence * Exclamation, an emphatic interjection * Exclamation, a statement against penal interest in criminal law … Wikipedia
Exclamation — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exclamation — Exclamation. s. f. v. Le cry que l on fait par admiration, par joye, par indignation &c. Faire une exclamation. faire des exclamations, de grandes exclamations … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Exclamation — (v. lat.), 1) Ausrufung; 2) (Rhet.), so v.w. Ausruf. Daher Exclamationszeichen, so v.w. Ausrufungszeichen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Exclamation — Exclamation, lat. deutsch, Ausruf; exclamiren, ausrufen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
exclamation — index confession, proclamation, remark, statement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exclamation — [n] shout; assertion bellow, call, clamor, cry, ejaculation, expletive, holler, interjection, outcry, roar, utterance, vociferation, yawp*, yell; concepts 49,77 Ant. quiet, silence … New thesaurus
exclamation — Exclamation, Exclamatio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
exclamation — [ek΄sklə mā′shən] n. [ME exclamacioun < L exclamatio] 1. the act of exclaiming; sudden, vehement utterance; outcry 2. something exclaimed; exclamatory word or phrase; interjection … English World dictionary
