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interjection
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interjection \In`ter*jec"tion\, n. [L. interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See Interject.]
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The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.
The interjection of laughing.
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(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Middle French interjection (Old French interjeccion, 13c.), from Latin interiectionem (nominative interiectio) "a throwing or placing between," noun of action from past participle stem of intericere, from inter- "between" (see inter-) + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context grammar English) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion. 2 An interruption; something interjected
WordNet
n. an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: ejaculation]
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
Wikipedia
In grammar, an interjection or exclamation is a word used to express a particular emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker. In the past, it was sometimes called an ejaculation, although this is no longer common. Filled pauses such as uh, er, um are also considered interjections. Interjections are often placed at the beginning of a sentence.
Usage examples of "interjection".
Chiroki between the Euchee and Chiroki chiefs, with interjections from the Chiroki chieftains, whose faces were hard with resolve.
Sometimes they would play together, she snapping down a drum track, a bass line, some interjections, and he would improvise over the top.
Nick talked to them to begin with, having been briefed to a certain extent by Charlot, but Merani soon took over the main burden of reportage with occasional interjections from the other points on the open ground circuit.
Speculations, suggestions, and shocked interjections rained on me, thicker than the drops of water from the sky, but it was a pair of familiar arms that raised me to a sitting position, and a pair of gravely concerned blue eyes that I saw when I opened my own.
His hearers were following him intently, with occasional brief interjections and exclamations.
Penny joined in but she tended to listen rather than talk and her interjections were infrequent.
Larry talked fast in Russian and twice Ashton nodded, but Benson made interjections, each time accompanied by a headshake, and tried to get Ashton away.
Sourdust, disturbed by this unseemly interjection and also by the presence of the wood warbler, which kept distracting his eye by running up and down Lady Gertrude's arm, lifted his head again, fingering a running bowline in his beard.