expletive
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundantServing to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
» My mother hates it when I use expletives.
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2 sensesServing to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
Füllwort
Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
Examples
7 sentencesMy mother hates it when I use expletives.
If you attempt to use expletives in a language you do not know well, you are likely to sound ridiculous.
Do you have a list of Berber expletives?
After muttering a few Berber expletives, Yanni got up and left.
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Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passiFrom Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).
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Forms
more expletive, most expletive| Comparative | more expletive Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most expletive Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.