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Definition of Interjection

1. Noun. An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion.

2. Noun. The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.

Definition of Interjection

1. n. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

Definition of Interjection

1. Noun. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion. ¹

2. Noun. An interruption; something interjected ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interjection

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interjection

interiorscaping interiour interischiadic interisland interj interjacence interjacency interjacent interjaculated interjaculates

interjaculating interject interjected interjecting interjection (current term) interjectionally interjectionary interjections interjectively interjector

interjectors interjectory interjects interjoin interjoined interjoining interjoins interjoist

Literary usage of Interjection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"The Tarascan 'interjection of participation' always assumes a regular personal form6. Personalised interjections occur in very low languages, ..."

2. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"The Tarascan ' interjection of participation' always assumes a regular personal form3. Personalised interjections occur in very low languages, ..."

3. A Practical German Grammar by Calvin Thomas (1905)
"THE interjection 382. Nature of the interjection. The interjection does not form an integral part of the sentence, but is a sentence by itself, ..."

4. The Elements of English Grammar by George Philip Krapp (1908)
"The interjection is usually followed by an exclamation point. 223. ... Often, in colloquial speech, a sentence begins with an interjection expressing a mild ..."

5. A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges by John Seely Hart (1892)
"The Exclamation Point must be used after an interjection; as,— Fie on him ! Ah me! ... Where the interjection does not stand by itself, but forms part of a ..."

6. The Rise, Progress, and Present Structure of the English Language by Matthew Harrison (1861)
"SECTION XL THE interjection. AN interjection is a mere exclamation, arising out of a peculiar condition of the mind, as affected by joy or grief, ..."

7. The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study by Alexander Adam (1820)
"interjection. Л n interjection is an indeclinable word thrown in between the ... Some interjection! are natural sounds, and common to nil ..."

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