exclamation

The act of loudly calling or crying out, for example, as in anger, grief or pain, joy, surprise, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.uncountable

• [He] prooueth himſelf willinglye and wittingly in all his high tragycall exclamacion againſte hys owne conſcience, and his owne verye knowledge, to belye me: […]
• And ſo approching neerer vnto him ſayde, he had ſpoken ynough againſt his awne head: wherevpon followed great exclamation and many threatning words.

The act of loudly complaining or protesting; (countable) an instance of this; a complaint, an outcry, a protest.uncountable

• Charlys herynge this exclamacyon of hys ſubgettes, and cõſyderyng hys lacke of power to with ſtande that malyce of hys enemyes, was right penſyfe and heuy in hys herte⸝ […]
• And ſo the myſerable perſone that came to complayn, retourneth complaynyng on you all, curſinge his cruell deſtenies, and maketh exclamatiõ [exclamation] vppon the rightwiſe goddis.

Synonym of interjection (“a phrase or word with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence but which serves to express emotion or as a filled pause”).countable

• The lowest form of language is the exclamation, by which an entire idea is vaguely conveyed through a single sound; as among the lower animals. That human language ever consisted solely of exclamations, as so was strictly homogeneous in res

Synonym of exclamation mark (“the punctuation mark "!", generally used to denote excitement, shock, or surprise”).archaiccountable

• "In this year," he [James Legge] remarks, "and in the 24th year, we have the record of eclipses in successive months. According to modern chronologists such a thing could not be; but perhaps it did occur in ancient times!" Dr Legge has ital
• [Mrs. Roberts: "]Did you leave word for Dr. Williams to hurry?" / Roberts: "Yes, I left a very urgent message on his slate. I—" / Mrs. Roberts: "I hope you underlined it, Edward! You never will underline things, even the most important!" /

Synonym of ecphonesis (”(uncountable) the making of an emotional utterance; (countable) an instance of this; an exclamatory phrase”); also, synonym of epiphonema (“(countable) an exclamatory phrase or reflection used to round off or summarize an argument or discourse”).countablerhetoricuncountable

• The figure of exclamation, I call him [the outcrie] becauſe it vtters our minde by all ſuch vvords as do ſhevv any extreme paſſion, vvhether it be by vvay of exclamation or crying out, admiration or vvondering, imprecation or curſing, obteſ

Followed by of: the act of formally declaring; (countable) an instance of this; a declaration, a proclamation, a pronouncement.obsoleteuncountable

• But on the ſodaine ſtraight Ile ſtand amaz'd, / And fall in exclamations of thy vertues.