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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERJEC'TION, n. The act of throwing between.
1. A word in speaking or writing, thrown in between words connected in construction, to express some emotion or passion.
"These were delightful days, but, alas, they are no more." [See Exclamation.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: ejaculation, interjection]
2: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act of uttering exclamations ; ejaculation b. the act of putting in between ; interposition 2. an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: as a. a word or phrase used in exclamation (as Heavens! Dear me!) b. a cry or inarticulate utterance (as Alas! ouch! phooey! ugh!) expressing an emotion 3. something that is interjected or that interrupts

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an exclamation, esp. as a part of speech (e.g. ah!, dear me!). Derivatives: interjectional adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L interjectio -onis (as INTERJECT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interjection 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(interjections) 1. An interjection is something you say which interrupts someone else who is speaking. ...the moronic and insensitive interjections of the disc jockey. N-COUNT 2. In grammar, an interjection is a word or expression which you use to express a strong feeling such as surprise, pain, or horror. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Exclamation. 2. Exclamatory particle.

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