exclamation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamatio, from ex (“out”) + clamare (“I cry out”).

noun

  1. A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection
  3. An exclamation mark

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