exclamation
noun/ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclāmātiō, from exclāmō (“to cry out”) + -tiō.
1
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
- "And now, my dearest Lucy, collect yourself, for all depends upon our own resources." Such were the whispered exclamations with which Francesca cheered her trembling companion, whose courage was not heightened by the darkness and stillness around them as they proceeded on their hazardous enterprise.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 45:
2
A word expressing outcry; an interjection.
3
An exclamation mark.
- Derived terms
- exclamational, exclamation mark, exclamation point, mark of exclamation, note of exclamation