| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In the manner of an expletive.[Websters]
2. In an extra, additional, supplemental or additive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a spare, redundant or alternate manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a superfluous, excrescent, surplus, uncalled-for or excess manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective expletive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (expletive) | 1. Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.[Websters]. 2. Being supernumerary, superfluous, supererogatory, redundant or excrescent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being complementary, supplemental or supplementary.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being extra, additional or intercalary.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being accessory, accessary, auxiliary, adjunctive or secondary.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb expletively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPLETIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: expletive
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Filling; added for supply or ornament.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers). (references) | 2: [Adjective] Serving to fill up. (references) | 3: [Noun] (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning. Example: - bloody in I'll give you a bloody good hiding. (references) | 4: [Noun] (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position. Example: - It in It is snowing. (references) | 5: [Noun] A profane, vulgar or obscene oath. (references) |
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Common Expressions: expletive
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Expletive deleted | Expletive deleted is an ironic expression which indicates that a scatalogical word has been omitted. (references) | ||
| Expletive infixation | Expletive infixation is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification. Strictly speaking, it is an example of tmesis rather than infixation, since true infixes are bound morphemes. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: expletive | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Expletive | 13 | Expletive | 13 | |
| Expletive infixation | 10 | Expletive infixation | 10 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
