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ex⋅cla⋅ma⋅tion

  [ek-skluh-mey-shuhn]
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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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME exclamacio(u)n < L exclāmātiōn- (s. of exclāmātiō) a calling out, equiv. to exclāmāt(us) (ptp. of exclāmāre; see exclaim ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ex⋅cla⋅ma⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. cry, ejaculation, vociferation.
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ec⋅pho⋅ne⋅sis

  [ek-fuh-nee-sis]
–noun Rhetoric.
the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”
Also called exclamation.

Origin:
1580–90; < Gk ekphnēsis, equiv. to ekphonē-, var. s. of ekphōneîn to cry out (see ec-, -phone ) + -sis -sis
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ex·cla·ma·tion   (ěk'sklə-mā'shən)   
n.  

  1. An abrupt, forceful utterance: an exclamation of delight.

  2. An outcry, as of protest.

  3. Grammar An interjection.

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Word Origin & History

exclamation 
1382, from O.Fr. exclamation, from L. exclamationem, from exclamatus, pp. of exclamare "cry out loud" (see exclaim).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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