Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interjection"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Interjection \In`ter*jec"tion\, n. [L. interjectio: cf. F.
interjection. See {Interject}.]
1. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that
which is interjected.

The interjection of laughing. --Bacon.

2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express
emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc.
Compare {Exclamation}.

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.

How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of
laughing, as, ah, ha, he! --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]


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