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exclamation|ɛkskləˈmeɪʃən|
Forms: 4–6 exclamacioun, 5–6 -cion, -cyon, 6 -tioun, -tyon, 6– -tion.
[a. Fr. exclamation, ad. L. exclāmātiōn-em, n. of action f. exclāmāre: see exclaim v.]
1. The action of exclaiming or crying out; the loud articulate expression of pain, anger, surprise, etc.; clamour, vociferation. Also, an instance of this, an outcry; an emphatic or vehement speech or sentence.
1382Wyclif Mark Prol., He ordeynynge in the vois of a prophetis exclamacioun, schewith the ordre of dekenis eleccioun. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. ccvii. 220 Therfore the mydwyfe made an exclamacyon, and sayde, this childe shall be a kynge. 1533More Apol. viii. Wks. 860/1 Tyndall..aunswereth me wyth an hedious exclamacion, and crieng oute vppon my fleshelynesse and foly. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 72 At these wordes one of them burst out in exclamation. 1637Stirling Doomes-day, 10th hour st. lvi. in Chalmers V. 392 Huge exclamations burst abruptly out. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) I. vi. 106 What my Tongue might express..was rather Exclamation, such as, Lord! what a miserable Creature am I. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xix, The..cries and exclamations of a woman..screaming..‘Oh, my husband!—my husband’. 1850Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. vii, Always making these exclamations in some..rough part of the road. 1873Black Pr. Thule (1874) 24 They were startled by an exclamation from Ingran.
2. The action of loudly complaining or protesting; a loud complaint or protest; a derogatory outcry; a ‘vociferous reproach’ (J.). Const. against, † of, † on, and in phrases to † infer, make exclamation against, † upon. arch.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxii, Well maye I make an exclamacion Of ignoraunce. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. clxxxii. 180 Charlys herynge this exclamacion of his subgettes..was right..heuy in his herte. 1513Douglas æneis, Exclamacion (1710) 485 Ane Exclamacioun Aganis detractouris. 1530Calisto & Melib. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 54 Oh, his lamentations and exclamations on fortune. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) O ij b, The myserable person ..maketh exclamacion vpon the rightwise goddes. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 425 Inferring an exclamation and outcrie, against the croked..condition of this life. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. ii. 52 These exactions..They say..are deuis'd by you, or else you suffer Too hard an exclamation. 1722De Foe Plague (1840) 34, I might spend a great deal of my time in exclamations against the follies..of those things. 1777Priestley Disc. Philos. Necess. iii. 24 What exclamation and abuse must he not expect? 1821Scott Kenilw. xi, Dame Crank..began a horrible exclamation against Jack Hostler.
†3. Formal declaration; proclamation. Const. of. Obs. Cf. exclaim v. 3.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. ii. v, Ile stand amaz'd, And fall in exclamations of thy vertues. 1631T. Powell Tom All Trades 132 Many Patrons are content to present..upon..due exclamation of the integrity of the life of such suitors.
4. a. Rhet. = ecphonesis or epiphonema. b. Gram. = interjection. c. note, point of exclamation, also (orig. U.S.) exclamation-mark or exclamation point: = note of admiration: see admiration 5. Also fig.
a.1552Huloet, Exclamation, epiphonema. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 221 The figure of exclamation [marg. Ecphonisis or the Outcry]. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Exclamation..a Figure in Rhetorick; as Now I speak to thee O Africanus.
b.1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xv. §123 (1875) 347 The lowest form of language is the exclamation, by which an entire idea is vaguely conveyed through a single sound.
c.1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 271 A note of Exclamation or Admiration, thus noted! 1755Johnson, Exclamation..a note by which a pathetical sentence is marked thus! 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 408 A sentence, in which any wonder or admiration is expressed..may be..terminated by a note of exclamation. 1824[see point n.1 3 a]. 1841W. Savage Dict. Art Printing 668 The Exclamation point, ! Ibid. 669 The Interrogation and exclamation points are indeterminate as to their quantity or time. 1864Webster, Exclamation, A sign by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked; thus [!];—called also exclamation point. 1896S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly xiii. 93 The egg..made a long yolky mark of exclamation on the ground. 1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 569/2 Excessive use of exclamation marks is..one of the things that betray the uneducated or unpractised writer. 1959Times 29 May 18/2 Characterization [of a play] is in exclamation points. 1963V. Nabokov Gift iii. 153 She was slowly mixing a white exclamation mark of sour cream into her borshch.
†d. Music. (See quot.) Obs.
1674Playford Skill Mus. i. xi. 43 Exclamation properly is no other thing but the slacking of the Voice to re-inforce it somewhat more. |