interjection

noun
/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/UK/ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from interiectiōnem
  2. derived from interjection
  3. inherited from interjeccioun

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. An interruption

    An interruption; something interjected

The neighborhood

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.

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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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