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- Exclamation
[ek-skluh-mey-shuh n] /ˌɛk skləˈmeɪ ʃən/ noun 1. the act of ; outcry; loud complaint or protest: The speech was continually interrupted by rude exclamations. 2. an interjection. 3. Rhetoric. . /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃən/ noun 1. an abrupt, emphatic, or excited cry or utterance; interjection; ejaculation 2. the act of exclaiming n. late 14c., from Middle French exclamation, […]
- Exclamation-point
noun 1. the sign (!) used in writing after an exclamation. 2. this mark sometimes used in writing two or more times in succession to indicate intensity of emotion, loudness, etc.: Long live the Queen!! 3. this mark sometimes used without accompanying words in writing direct discourse to indicate a speaker’s dumbfounded astonishment: “His wife […]
- Exclamatory
[ik-sklam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪkˈsklæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ adjective 1. using, containing, or expressing : an exclamatory sentence. 2. pertaining to . /ɪkˈsklæmətərɪ; -trɪ/ adjective 1. using, containing, or relating to exclamations adj. 1590s, from Latin exclamat-, past participle stem of exclamare (see exclaim) + -ory.
- Exclaustration
/ˌɛksklɔːˈstreɪʃən/ noun 1. the return of a monk or nun to the outside world after being released from his or her religious vows
- Exclave
[eks-kleyv] /ˈɛks kleɪv/ noun 1. a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory: West Berlin was an exclave of West Germany. /ˈɛkskleɪv/ noun 1. a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the home country Compare enclave exclave ex·clave (ěk’sklāv’) n. […]