Bible Dictionaries
Exclamation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

(2):

(n.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

(3):

(n.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; - called also exclamation point.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exclamation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exclamation.html. 1828.