interjection

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Help! friends! to the rescue! on you For aid Verb and Article call;   Oh! give your protection   To poor Interjection, Noun, Pronoun, Conjunction, and all!

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

All present life is but an Interjection, An "Oh!" or "Ah!" of Joy or Misery, Or a "Ha! ha!" or "Bah!"—a yawn, or "Pooh!"

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

An Interjection is a word used to express the sudden emotions of the speaker; as, Tahwah! pemahdezewin 19 nelojegootoge!

From Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words by Summerfield, John

An Interjection is a word that is uttered merely to indicate some strong or sudden emotion of the mind: as, Oh! alas! ah! poh! pshaw! avaunt! aha! hurrah!

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The Parts of Speech, or sorts of words, in English, are ten; namely, the Article, the Noun, the Adjective, the Pronoun, the Verb, the Participle, the Adverb, the Conjunction, the Preposition, and the Interjection.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold