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exclaim

[ik-skleym]

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verb (used without object)

to cry out or speak suddenly and vehemently, as in surprise, strong emotion, or protest.

verb (used with object)

to cry out; say loudly or vehemently.

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Origin:
1560–70; earlier exclame < Latin exclāmāre to cry out. See ex-¹, claim

Related forms

ex·claim·er, noun

un·ex·claim·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1, 2. shout, proclaim, vociferate; yell, shriek, scream, holler, howl.

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They exclaim at a bee on the porch, at the lime tree in the backyard, at the consequences of mixing dirt with water.

Here, there is a dining room so strikingly carved in sinuous curves that visitors exclaim at the sight.

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exclaim (ɪkˈskleɪm)

—vb
	to cry out or speak suddenly or excitedly, as from surprise, delight, horror, etc

[C16: from Latin exclāmāre, from clāmāre to shout]

ex'claimer

—n

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Word Origin & History

exclaim

late 15c., from M.Fr. exclamer, from L. exclamare "cry out loud," from ex- intensive prefix + clamare "cry out, call" (see claim). Spelling influenced by claim. Related: Exclaimed; exclaiming.

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"And perhaps a great day will come, when a people distinguished by war and victory, by the highest development of military organization and intelligence, and accustomed to making the gravest sacrifices to these things, will voluntarily exclaim, "We will break the sword into pieces"—and will demolish its entire military machine down to its deepest foundations. To disarm while being the best armed, as an expression of elevated feelings—that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a disposition toward peace: whereas so-called "armed peace," such as the one that parades around in every country nowadays, is a disposition toward hostility which trusts neither itself nor its neighbor and, partly out of hatred, partly out of fear, refuses to put down its weapons."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

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