| 单词 | note of admiration |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnote (also mark, point, †sign) of admiration P2. note (also mark, point, †sign) of admiration: = exclamation mark at exclamation n. 4c. Also in extended use. Now historical. [Compare French admiratif (see admirative point n. at admirative n. and adj. Compounds and compare quot. 1611).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > exclamation mark admiration1587 note (also mark, point, sign) of admiration1611 exclamation point1656 note of exclamation1656 shriek-mark1864 screamer1895 exclamation mark1896 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Admiratif Th' admirative point, or point of admiration (and of detestation) marked, or made thus ! a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 11 The changes I perceiued in the King, and Camillo, were very Notes of admiration . View more context for this quotation 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 271 A note of Exclamation or Admiration, thus noted—! 1702 A. J. Grammatica Anglo-Lusitanica 144 The Sign of Admiration is known by the following Sign (!) which likewise requires a greater Character after it. 1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 13 To skip over all Sentences where he spy'd a Note of Admiration at the End. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlvi. 61 The Swiss..pronounced the word magnifique! with a note of admiration. 1820 London Mag. Jan. 33/1 Our poetry is paid for by the line, but notes of admiration are charged separately. 1845 C. W. Connon Syst. Eng. Gram. 162 The mark of admiration (!), put after any exclamation of surprise, lamentation, or scorn. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 387 You will have the Commander-in-Chief down upon you with five-and-twenty notes of admiration at the end of every sentence. 1919 G. Summey Mod. Punctuation viii. 189 The exclamation mark has been variously called the note of admiration, the shriek of surprise, [etc.]. 1999 V. Salmon in R. Lass Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lang. III. ii. 40 Another punctuation mark, noted by Hart..is the note of admiration or exclamation mark. < as lemmas |
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