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

• puncto
• puncto banco
• punctos
• punctual
• punctualist
• punctualists
• punctualities
• punctuality
• punctually
• punctuate
• punctuated
• punctuated equilibria
• punctuated equilibrium
• punctuated equilibriums
• punctuates
• punctuating
• punctuation
• punctuationist
• punctuationists
• punctuation mark
• punctuation marks
• punctuations
• punctuative
• ready-monied
• ready reckoner