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noun
An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An interruption; something interjected
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: interposition, interpolation, interpellation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: break, interruption, disruption, gap
noun
an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ejaculation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exclamation, exclaiming
History
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
Across languages
123 source translations are retained for this English entry.
