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expletive
(encz) | expletive,zaklení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Expletive
(gcide) | Expletive \Ex"ple*tive\, n.
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but
inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
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While explectives their feeble aid to join,
And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. --Pope.
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Expletive
(gcide) | Expletive \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.
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Expletive phrases to plump his speech. --Barrow.
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expletive
(wn) | expletive
n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
"expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word,
expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]
2: a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added
to fill out a sentence or metrical line |
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expletives
(encz) | expletives,zaklení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Expletive
(gcide) | Expletive \Ex"ple*tive\, n.
A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but
inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
[1913 Webster]
While explectives their feeble aid to join,
And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]Expletive \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.
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Expletive phrases to plump his speech. --Barrow.
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Expletively
(gcide) | Expletively \Ex"ple*tive*ly\, adv.
In the manner of an expletive.
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