interjection
Meanings
Plural: interjections
Noun
- an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
- An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
- An interruption; something interjected
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
Synonyms
ejaculation, exclamation, insertion, intercalation, interj, interj., interpellation, interpolation, interposition
Scrabble Score: 21
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