Added 9 October 2026
interjection
/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/ noun
In Latin: interiectiō Wiktionary
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- A phrase or word with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence but which serves to express emotion or as a filled pause; an exclamation.
- Something which is interjected; an interruption.
Origin
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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