Interjection

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interjection \In`ter*jec"tion\, n. [L. interjectio: cf. F.
     interjection. See {Interject}.]
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     1. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that
        which is interjected.
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              The interjection of laughing.         --Bacon.
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     2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express
        emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc.
        Compare {Exclamation}.
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              An interjection implies a meaning which it would
              require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and
              it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a
              sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank
              it among the parts of speech.         --Earle.
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              How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of
              laughing, as, ah, ha, he!             --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interjection
       n 1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: {ejaculation}]
       2: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or
          remark that interrupts [syn: {interposition}, {interpolation},
           {interpellation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "interjection":
     Parthian shot, address, adjectival, adjective, adverb, adverbial,
     adversative conjunction, affirmation, allegation, answer,
     apostrophe, aside, assertion, attributive, averment, comment,
     conjunction, conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction,
     copulative, copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, crack,
     cry, declaration, dictum, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction,
     ejaculation, embedment, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment,
     episode, exclamation, exclamatory noun, expression, form class,
     form word, function class, gerundive, graft, grafting, greeting,
     impaction, impactment, impingement, implantation, imposition,
     incursion, infiltration, infix, infixion, influx, infringement,
     infusion, injection, inoculation, inroad, insert, insertion,
     insinuation, intercalation, interference, interlineation,
     interlocution, interloping, interpolation, interposition,
     interposure, interruption, intervention, introduction,
     intromission, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mention, note,
     obiter dictum, observation, obtrusion, parenthesis, part of speech,
     participle, particle, past participle, penetration,
     perfect participle, perfusion, phrase, position, preposition,
     present participle, pronouncement, question, reflection, remark,
     say, saying, sentence, side remark, statement, subjoinder,
     subordinating conjunction, tessellation, thought, tossing-in,
     transplant, transplantation, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry,
     utterance, verbal adjective, word