expletive /ek-, ik-splēˈtiv or eksˈpli-tiv/

1. Filling out
2. Added merely to fill up (a line of verse)

1. A swear-word of any kind
2. A meaningless oath
3. A word or anything present merely to fill a gap
4. A word inserted to fill up a sentence or line of verse
5. A meaningless word serving a grammatical purpose only

explēˈtory (also /eksˈpli-/) adjective

1. Serving to fill up
2. Expletive
3. Supplementary

• tauting
• tautit
• tautly
• tautness
• tautnesses
• tauto-
• tautochrone
• tautochrones
• tautochronism
• tautochronisms
• tautochronous
• tautog
• tautogs
• tautologic
• tautological
• tautologically
• tautologies
• tautologise
• tautologised
• tautologises
• tautologising
• tautologism
• tautologisms
• tautologist
• tautologists