Etymology dictionary. 2014.
exclamation — [ ɛksklamasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1311; lat. exclamatio, de exclamare 1 ♦ Cri, paroles brusques exprimant de manière spontanée une émotion, un sentiment. ⇒ interjection. Pousser des exclamations. ⇒ s exclamer. Retenir, étouffer une exclamation. Une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Exclamation — may refer to:* Exclamation mark, the punctuation mark ! * Exclamation, an emphatic sentence * Exclamation, an emphatic interjection * Exclamation, a statement against penal interest in criminal law … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exclamation — Exclamation. s. f. v. Le cry que l on fait par admiration, par joye, par indignation &c. Faire une exclamation. faire des exclamations, de grandes exclamations … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Exclamation — (v. lat.), 1) Ausrufung; 2) (Rhet.), so v.w. Ausruf. Daher Exclamationszeichen, so v.w. Ausrufungszeichen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Exclamation — Exclamation, lat. deutsch, Ausruf; exclamiren, ausrufen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
exclamation — index confession, proclamation, remark, statement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exclamation — [n] shout; assertion bellow, call, clamor, cry, ejaculation, expletive, holler, interjection, outcry, roar, utterance, vociferation, yawp*, yell; concepts 49,77 Ant. quiet, silence … New thesaurus
exclamation — Exclamation, Exclamatio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
exclamation — [ek΄sklə mā′shən] n. [ME exclamacioun < L exclamatio] 1. the act of exclaiming; sudden, vehement utterance; outcry 2. something exclaimed; exclamatory word or phrase; interjection … English World dictionary
