"expletive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/ [UK], /ˈɛksplətɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expletive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more expletive [comparative], most expletive [superlative]
Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|explētīvus||serving to fill out}} Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), {{der|en|la|explētus}} Latin explētus, {{m|la|expleō||fill out}} expleō (“fill out”), {{m|la|ex||out, completely}} ex (“out, completely”), {{m|la||pleō|fill}} pleō (“fill”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} expletive (comparative more expletive, superlative most expletive)
  1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant. Synonyms: expletory Translations (serving to fill up): вмъкнат (vmǎknat) (Bulgarian), expletiu (Catalan), opvullend (Dutch), täyte- (Finnish), täyttävä (Finnish), lisä- (Finnish), Füllwort [neuter] (German), pleonastico (Italian), riempitivo (Italian), expletivo (Portuguese), expletivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-expletive-en-adj-RWRMWcO1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 24 16 8 Disambiguation of 'serving to fill up': 97 3
  2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers). Translations (marked by phrase-fillers): expletief (Dutch), vol krachttermen (Dutch), espletivo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-expletive-en-adj-SxtmaXnq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 24 16 8 Disambiguation of 'marked by phrase-fillers': 15 85

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/ [UK], /ˈɛksplətɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expletive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: expletives [plural]
Etymology: From 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|explētīvus||serving to fill out}} Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), {{der|en|la|explētus}} Latin explētus, {{m|la|expleō||fill out}} expleō (“fill out”), {{m|la|ex||out, completely}} ex (“out, completely”), {{m|la||pleō|fill}} pleō (“fill”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} expletive (plural expletives)
  1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath. Synonyms: swear word, oath
    Sense id: en-expletive-en-noun-0PcZm97G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 24 16 8
  2. (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (word added to fill a syntactic position): вмъкната дума (vmǎknata duma) (Bulgarian), vulsel (Dutch), opvulling (Dutch), täytesana (Finnish), Expletivum [neuter] (German), Expletiv [neuter] (German), expletivo [masculine] (Portuguese), expletiva [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-expletive-en-noun-5goO3NSB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 24 16 8 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word added to fill a syntactic position': 9 74 17
  3. (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: intensifier Translations (word that adds strength to a phrase): expletief (woord) (Dutch), voimasana (Finnish), kraftuttryck (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-expletive-en-noun-gbDvGBUs Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word that adds strength to a phrase': 8 14 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: expletive deleted Related terms: explicative

Inflected forms

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          "text": "deprecating being taken for ſerious, or to be underſtood that he meaneth any thing by them; but only that he uſeth them as expletive phraſes ... to plump his ſpeech, and fill up ſentences.",
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        }
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        "Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant."
      ],
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          "effect",
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        {
          "word": "expletory"
        }
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)."
      ],
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          "filler",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɪkˈspliːtɪv/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛksplətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vmǎknat",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "вмъкнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "expletiu"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "opvullend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "täyte-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "täyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "lisä-"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Füllwort"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "pleonastico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "riempitivo"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "expletivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serving to fill up",
      "word": "expletivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marked by phrase-fillers",
      "word": "expletief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marked by phrase-fillers",
      "word": "vol krachttermen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "marked by phrase-fillers",
      "word": "espletivo"
    }
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}

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      "sense": "word added to fill a syntactic position",
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    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word added to fill a syntactic position",
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word added to fill a syntactic position",
      "word": "täytesana"
    },
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      "sense": "word added to fill a syntactic position",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word added to fill a syntactic position",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word that adds strength to a phrase",
      "word": "voimasana"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word that adds strength to a phrase",
      "word": "kraftuttryck"
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