explicative
explicative · explicatives
An explicative term or expressionAn explicative term or expression.
Meaning
2 sensesAn explicative term or expression.
(nonstandard)An expletive.
Origin
From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).
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Forms
plural: explicatives| Singular | explicative |
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