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interjection.

An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/UK/ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/US
  1. An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

  2. An interruption; something interjected

Where this word comes from

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.

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