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Expletive

Expletive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Expletive? [n] profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [n] a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line Synonyms \| Synonyms for Expletive: curse \| curse word \| cuss \| oath \| swearing \| swearword Related Terms \| Find terms related to Expletive: battology \| bedizenment \| blurt \| curse \| cuss \| cuss word \| de trop \| dirty name \| dirty word \| dispensable \| duplication \| duplication of effort \| dysphemism \| ecphonesis \| ejaculation \| embellishment \| epithet \| excess \| exclamation \| expendable \| extravagance \| fat \| featherbedding \| filler \| filling \| foul invective \| frill \| frills \| frippery \| gingerbread \| gratuitous \| in excess \| iterative \| luxury \| macrology \| naughty word \| needless \| needlessness \| nonessential \| no-no \| oath \| obscenity \| ornamentation \| outburst \| overadornment \| overlap \| padding \| payroll padding \| pleonasm \| pleonastic \| profane oath \| prolix \| prolixity \| redundance \| redundancy \| redundant \| reiterative \| repetitious \| spare \| stammering \| stuttering \| supererogatory \| superfluity \| superfluous \| superfluousness \| swear \| swearword \| tautologic \| tautological \| tautologism \| tautologous \| tautology \| to spare \| uncalled-for \| unessential \| unnecessariness \| unnecessary \| unneeded \| verbose \| verbosity \| wordy See Also \| profanity \| utterance \| vocalization Expletive In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"pletive\, a. [L. expletivus, from expletus, p. p. of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. expl['e]tif. See {Full}.] Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. ``Expletive imagery.'' --Hallam. Expletive phrases to plump his speech. --Barrow. \Ex"pletive\, n. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath. While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. --Pope.

Expletive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expletive?

[n] profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
[n] a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

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Expletive In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex"ple*tive\, a. [L. expletivus, from expletus, p. p.
of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus
full: cf. F. expl['e]tif. See {Full}.]
Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling
up; superfluous. ``Expletive imagery.'' --Hallam.

      Expletive phrases to plump his speech.   --Barrow.


\Ex"ple*tive\, n.
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but
inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.

      While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low
      words oft creep in one dull line.        --Pope.

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