Ex`cla*ma"tion (?), n.
[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.)
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
3. (Print.) A mark or sign
by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
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