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exclamation (iou)



exclamation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin exclamatio(n-), from exclamat- pa. ppl stem of exclamare: see EXCLAIM verb, -ATION.]
The action of exclaiming; a sudden impassioned or emphatic utterance, a cry. LME.
E. F. Benson Lucia suddenly gave a little exclamation of annoyance.
A loud protest or complaint (against). arch. LME.
J. Priestley What exclamation and abuse must he not expect?
Grammar. An interjection. M19.
Comb. & phrases: exclamation mark, (US) exclamation point a punctuation mark (!) used to show the exclamatory nature of the preceding phrase etc., and in Math. to indicate a factorial; note of exclamation = exclamation mark above.