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interjection

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12 lettersPronunciation /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ceeiijnnorttStarts with IEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Word 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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  • 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.

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