Synonyms for expletive
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ek-spli-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk splɪ tɪv |
Définition of expletive
Origin :- 1610s, originally "a word or phrase serving to fill out a sentence or metrical line," from Middle French explétif (15c.) and directly from Late Latin expletivus "serving to fill out," from explet-, past participle stem of Latin explere "fill out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plere "to fill" (see pleio-).
- Sense of "exclamation," often in the form of a cuss word, first recorded 1815 in Sir Walter Scott, popularized by edited transcripts of Watergate tapes (mid-1970s), in which expletive deleted replaced President Nixon's salty expressions. As an adjective, from 1660s.
- noun swear word; exclamation
- The Parson blurted an expletive, inflected like the profane.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
- This expletive was certainly not appreciated by her who used it.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- When the word devil is used as a general term or as an expletive the capital is not used.
- Extract from : « Capitals » by Frederick W. Hamilton
- He drawled the expletive as though it were some Oriental word.
- Extract from : « The Sleuth of St. James's Square » by Melville Davisson Post
- I think it was “hang” he said—I was not sure about the expletive.
- Extract from : « The Yellow House » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- I employed an expletive which I am happy to think has not escaped me for years.
- Extract from : « My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3 » by William Clark Russell
- She winced at his expletive, which seemed to hint of something stronger, and so was just as bad.
- Extract from : « The Barrier » by Allen French
- Every expletive that should have been forgotten, I remembered.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 2, 1895 » by Various
- She breathed the expletive she learned from her latest companions.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
- In this use, there is sometimes called an expletive (or filler).
- Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge
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