exclamation

English

/ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun
Definitions
  • A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  • A word expressing outcry; an interjection
  • A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
  • The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exclamation derived from Latin exclamatio root from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kelh₁-

Gloss

shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise

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