Category:Exclamation

Ex`cla*ma"tion, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

3. (Print.)

Defn: A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.