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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.

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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Exclamation

Ex`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.]

1. 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. --Hooker.

Thus will I drown your exclamations. --Shak.

A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. --Trench.

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

3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
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Language Translation for : exclamation
Spanish: exclamación,
German: der Ausruf,
Japanese: 叫び
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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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