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noun

Exclamation n.

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 indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. "Exclamations against abuses in the church." "Thus will I drown your exclamations." "A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion."

(Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

(Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus (!); called also exclamation point.

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Etymology of 'Exclamation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Exclamation" Quotes from Famous Books

... the exclamation; he was again deep in his books. Presently he started up: "Barnes says Homer is Solomon. Read Omeros backward, ...

— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... entered a fruit store and seemed in search of some delicacy for an invalid. As her eye glanced around among the fragrant tropical fruits that suggested lands in wide contrast to the wintry scene without, she suddenly uttered a low exclamation of delight, as she turned from them to old friends, all the more welcome because so unexpected at that season. These were nothing less than a dozen strawberries, in dainty baskets, decked out, or more ...

— What Can She Do? • Edward Payson Roe

... frightful, pitiful manner, and made such a howling and crying, that I never heard a worse noise, and, indeed, nothing like it; for it was worth observing, that though pain naturally makes all people cry out, yet every nation have a particular way of exclamation, and make noises as different from one another as their speech. I cannot give the noise these creatures made a better name than howling, nor a name more proper to the tone of it; for I never heard any thing more like the noise of the wolves, which, as I have said, I heard howl in the forest ...

— The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) • Daniel Defoe

... time sped away, while the children pursued their busy but not laborious quest of the tempting berries, half hidden under their spreading leaves; and many an exclamation, half of annoyance, half of amusement, was uttered as one of them made a dart at a bright spot of crimson, fancying it a rich cluster of berries, ...

— Lucy Raymond - Or, The Children's Watchword • Agnes Maule Machar

... frieze for some minutes, and then suddenly sprang to his feet with an exclamation of surprise and dismay. His face ...

— The Return of Sherlock Holmes • Arthur Conan Doyle

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