interjection
nounEtymology
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
- derived from interiectiōnem
- derived from interjection
- inherited from interjeccioun
Definitions
An exclamation or filled pause
An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
- 322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
An interruption
An interruption; something interjected
The neighborhood
- synonymexclamation
- synonyminterj
- synonyminterj.
- neighborinterject
- neighborinterjectional
- neighborinterjectory
- neighborvocative
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at interjection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at interjection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at interjection
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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