English-Thai Dictionary

expletive

N คำสบถ  swearword kan-sa-bod

 

expletively

ADV อย่าง เสริม เพิ่มเติม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPLETIVE

a.[L. expleo, to fill. ] Filling; added for supply or ornament.

 

EXPLETIVE

n.In language, a word or syllable inserted to fill a vacancy, or for ornament. The Greek language abounds with expletives.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPLETIVE

Ex "ple *tive, a. Etym: [L. expletivus, from expletus, p.p. of explere to fill up; ex out +plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. explétif. See Full. ]

 

Defn: Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. "Expletive imagery. " Hallam. Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow.

 

EXPLETIVE

EXPLETIVE Ex "ple *tive, n.

 

Defn: A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath. While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Pope.

 

EXPLETIVELY

EXPLETIVELY Ex "ple *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In the manner of an expletive.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expletive

ex ple tive |ˈeksplitiv ˈɛksplədɪv | ▶noun an oath or swear word. • Grammar a word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense. ▶adjective Grammar (of a word or phrase ) serving to fill out a sentence or line of verse. ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from late Latin expletivus, from explere ‘fill out, ’ from ex- ‘out ’ + plere ‘fill. ’ The general noun sense ‘word used merely to fill out a sentence ’ (early 17th cent. ) was applied specifically to an oath or swear word in the early 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

expletive

expletive |ɪkˈspliːtɪv, ɛk- | ▶noun 1 an oath or swear word. 2 Grammar a word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense. ▶adjective Grammar (of a word or phrase ) serving to fill out a sentence or line of verse. ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from late Latin expletivus, from explere ‘fill out ’, from ex- ‘out ’ + plere ‘fill ’. The noun sense ‘word used merely to fill out a sentence ’ (early 17th cent. ) was applied specifically to a swear word in the early 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expletive

expletive noun she let out an expletive and slammed the phone down: swear word, obscenity, profanity, oath, curse, four-letter word, dirty word; informal cuss word, cuss; formal imprecation; (expletives ) bad language, foul language, strong language, swearing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expletive

expletive noun 1 she let out an expletive and slammed the phone down: swear word, oath, curse, obscenity, profanity, epithet, imprecation, four-letter word, exclamation; (expletives ) bad language, foul language, strong language, swearing; informal dirty word; N. Amer. informal cuss word, cuss. 2 technical expletives are employed for the sake of the metre, not the sense: filler, fill-in, stopgap, meaningless word /phrase, redundant word /phrase, superfluous word /phrase, unnecessary word /phrase.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expletive

ex ple tive /éksplətɪv |ɪksplíːtɪv /名詞 C 1 ｟かたく ｠罵 （ののし ）り言葉 〘damnなど 〙; 感嘆 [間投 ]詞 .2 〘文法 〙虚辞 〘構文上の理由で用いられる形式語句; It was necessary to start at once. のitなど 〙.形容詞 虚辞的な ; 付加的な .