interjectory

C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape
US /ˌɪntɚˈdʒɛktəri/ UK /ˌɪntəˈdʒɛktəri/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of the nature of an interjection; thrown in parenthetically

    His interjectory remarks kept derailing the lecture.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of the nature of an... parentheticalexclamatoryinterjectional
Word family
Related forms interjectioninterject

Etymology

From Latin interjectus, past participle of intericere ('to throw between'), from inter- ('between') + iacere ('to throw'), + -ory.

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