Definisjon av expletive

Vi fant 8 definisjoner av expletive på engelsk.

WordNet

Noun
expletive - a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
expletive - profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
		curse, curse word, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss
		profanity vulgar or irreverent speech or action

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Substantiv
expletive - A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
expletive - A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
expletive - A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
Adjektiv
expletive - Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
expletive - Marked by expletives.

The word expletive is currently used in three senses: syntactic expletives, expletive attributives, and "bad language". The word expletive comes from the Latin verb explere, meaning "to fill", via expletivus, "filling out". It was introduced into English in the seventeenth century to refer to various kinds of padding—the padding out of a book with peripheral material, the addition of syllables to a line of poetry for metrical purposes, and so forth.

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