About The Word Interjection
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Interjection
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What's The Definition Of Interjection?
[n] the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
[n] an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion Synonyms | Synonyms for Interjection: ejaculation | interpellation | interpolation | interposition Related Terms | Find terms related to Interjection: address | adjectival | adjective | adverb | adverbial | adversative conjunction | affirmation | allegation | answer | apostrophe | aside | assertion | attributive | averment | comment | conjunction | conjunctive adverb | coordinating conjunction | copulative | copulative conjunction | correlative conjunction | crack | cry | declaration | dictum | disjunctive | disjunctive conjunction | ejaculation | embedment | encroachment | entrance | entrenchment | episode | exclamation | exclamatory noun | expression | form class | form word | function class | gerundive | graft | grafting | greeting | impaction | impactment | impingement | implantation | imposition | incursion | infiltration | infix | infixion | influx | infringement | infusion | injection | inoculation | inroad | insert | insertion | insinuation | intercalation | interference | interlineation | interlocution | interloping | interpolation | interposition | interposure | interruption | intervention | introduction | intromission | intrusion | invasion | irruption | mention | note | obiter dictum | observation | obtrusion | parenthesis | part of speech | Parthian shot | participle | particle | past participle | penetration | perfect participle | perfusion | phrase | position | preposition | present participle | pronouncement | question | reflection | remark | say | saying | sentence | side remark | statement | subjoinder | subordinating conjunction | tessellation | thought | tossing-in | transplant | transplantation | trespass | trespassing | unlawful entry | utterance | verbal adjective | word See Also | break | disruption | exclaiming | exclamation | gap | interruption Interjection In Webster's Dictionary \In`ter*jec"tion\, n. [L. interjectio: cf. F.
interjection. See {Interject}.]
1. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that
which is interjected.
The interjection of laughing. --Bacon.
2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express
emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc.
Compare {Exclamation}.
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.
How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of
laughing, as, ah, ha, he! --Shak.
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