exclamation (eksklamashon)

[ OF.excla mation, F. exclamation = Pr. exclamatio = Sp. exclamacion = Pg.exclamação = It. esclamazione, The ears of the people are continually beaten with ex clam a tions against abuses in the church. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Ded. Thus will I drown your exclamations . Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 2. That which is uttered with emphasis or pa ion; a vehement speech or saying. It is said, that Monsieur Torcy, when he signed this instrument, broke into this exclamation : Would Colbert have signed such a treaty for France? Tatler, No. 20. Abp. Trench, A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. 3. The mark or sign in writing and printing (!) by which emphatic utterance or interjectional force is indicated: usually called exclamation mark or -point, and formerly note of admiration. See ecphoneme.-4. In gram., a word expre ing outery; an interjection; a word expre ing some pa ion, as wonder, fear, or grief.-5. In rhet., same as ecphonesis, 1.-6. In the Gr. Ch., same as ecphonesis, 2. exclamation-mark, exclamation-point (eksklā-mā shon-märk, -point), n. See exclama tion, 3. exclamative (eks-klam'a-tiv), a. [= F. ex clamatif = Sp. Pg. exclamativo = It. esclamativo, exclamatively (eks-klam'a-tiv-li), adv. In an exclamative manner. exclamatorily (eks-klam'a-tō-ri-li), adv. In an exclamatory manner.