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noun
1.
the act of exclaiming; outcry; loud complaint or protest: The speech was continually interrupted by rude exclamations.
2.
an interjection.
3.
Rhetoric. ecphonesis.
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exclamation
late 14c., from O.Fr. exclamation, from L. exclamationem, from exclamatus, pp. of exclamare "cry out loud" (see exclaim). The punctuation symbol known as the exclamation point (1841) or exclamation mark (1926) was earliest called an exclamation note (1650s).
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