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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: interjection n 1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation [syn: {ejaculation}] 2: an action or remark that interrupts [syn: {interposition}, {interpolation}]
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