expletoryadj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspliːt(ə)ri/,

/ˈɛksplᵻt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈɛkspləˌtɔri/,

/ˌɛksˈplidəri/,

/ᵻksˈplidəri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin expletorius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin expletorius (1589 or earlier) < classical Latin explēt- , past participial stem of explēre explete v.¹ + -ōrius -ory suffix².In quots. 1654 for expletory justice n., 1853 for expletory justice n. at sense 1 translating post-classical Latin expletrix, feminine noun (1626 in the source translated, in iustitia expletrix).

1. expletory justice n. now historical = commutative justice n. at commutative adj. 1b. Cf. expletive justice n. at expletive adj. and n. Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific

communicative justicea1513

commutative justice1531

corrective justice1531

distributive justice1531

retributive justice1619

expletive justice1652

expletory justice1654

poetical justice1678

poetic justice1691

retributivism1954

1654 C. Barksdale tr. H. Grotius Of Law of Warre & Peace ii. vii. 185 I dissent not, if we respect onely expletory justice [L. iustitia expletrix].

1704 T. Wood New Inst. Imperial or Civil Law Introd. 2 Commutative or Expletory Justice, is wholly intent upon the value and price, or what is due.

1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli II. ii. §3 In punishment the justice which is exercised is expletory justice [L. justitia expletrix].

2003 F. Rosen Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill ii. 27 Expletory justice was mainly concerned with redressing violations of perfect rights where individuals could expect redress for injuries to their lives, liberties, and properties.

2. Serving to fill up or complete something; unnecessary; (of a word or expression) serving to fill out a sentence or a metrical line; = expletive adj. 1; (later often) of the nature of an expletive (expletive n. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or unnecessary

wastec1380

voidc1440

superfluousc1450

supererogative1538

supererogatory1549

supervacaneala1575

supervacaneousa1575

supervacuous1577

supernumerary1617

excrescent1633

expletive1656

expletory1679

supererogant1737

ripieno1781

excrescentitious1833

excrescential1849

fifth-wheel1874

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > serving to fill out sentence, etc.

expletivec1450

suppletorya1631

expletory1679

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. iii. 243 Except that be thought an expletory word put in, out of form.

1764 S. Bourn Disc. Remaining Parables iii. iv. 86 Such passages of it, as are merely circumstantial and expletory.

1797 Brit. Critic Feb. 171 Dr. Garden is so fond of this expletory embellishment.

1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 45 With the expletory yell—‘and I will, too’.

1896 Racing Illustr. 28 Oct. 421/1 Their language simply bristled with expletory adjectives, and superfluous and stirring interjections.

1919 Rep. Supreme Court Missouri 278 133 The employment of the word ‘wilfully’ in conjunction with the words ‘feloniously’, and ‘with malice aforethought’, is expletory in that an act committed feloniously and with malice aforethought must necessarily be wilful and unlawful.

1942 R. A. Freeman Jacob St. Myst. x. 156 Suddenly, a louder sound, as of a falling body, with expletory accompaniments, was borne to the inspector's ears, and a few moments later the sergeant reappeared with a slightly uneven gait.

1961 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 2 504 The tinkers..whose..dialogue is punctuated at every turn by the expletory cry of ‘Gogs bloud’.

1998 Amer. Math. Monthly 105 291 Anyone who teaches knows that expletory computations sabotage learning: they convince the student that the computations play a predominant, rather than a subservient, role in the subject.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expletory
释义	expletoryadj. Brit. /ᵻkˈspliːt(ə)ri/, /ˈɛksplᵻt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈɛkspləˌtɔri/, /ˌɛksˈplidəri/, /ᵻksˈplidəri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin expletorius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin expletorius (1589 or earlier) < classical Latin explēt- , past participial stem of explēre explete v.¹ + -ōrius -ory suffix².In quots. 1654 for expletory justice n., 1853 for expletory justice n. at sense 1 translating post-classical Latin expletrix, feminine noun (1626 in the source translated, in iustitia expletrix). 1. expletory justice n. now historical = commutative justice n. at commutative adj. 1b. Cf. expletive justice n. at expletive adj. and n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific communicative justicea1513 commutative justice1531 corrective justice1531 distributive justice1531 retributive justice1619 expletive justice1652 expletory justice1654 poetical justice1678 poetic justice1691 retributivism1954 1654 C. Barksdale tr. H. Grotius Of Law of Warre & Peace ii. vii. 185 I dissent not, if we respect onely expletory justice [L. iustitia expletrix]. 1704 T. Wood New Inst. Imperial or Civil Law Introd. 2 Commutative or Expletory Justice, is wholly intent upon the value and price, or what is due. 1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli II. ii. §3 In punishment the justice which is exercised is expletory justice [L. justitia expletrix]. 2003 F. Rosen Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill ii. 27 Expletory justice was mainly concerned with redressing violations of perfect rights where individuals could expect redress for injuries to their lives, liberties, and properties. 2. Serving to fill up or complete something; unnecessary; (of a word or expression) serving to fill out a sentence or a metrical line; = expletive adj. 1; (later often) of the nature of an expletive (expletive n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or unnecessary wastec1380 voidc1440 superfluousc1450 supererogative1538 supererogatory1549 supervacaneala1575 supervacaneousa1575 supervacuous1577 supernumerary1617 excrescent1633 expletive1656 expletory1679 supererogant1737 ripieno1781 excrescentitious1833 excrescential1849 fifth-wheel1874 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > serving to fill out sentence, etc. expletivec1450 suppletorya1631 expletory1679 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. iii. 243 Except that be thought an expletory word put in, out of form. 1764 S. Bourn Disc. Remaining Parables iii. iv. 86 Such passages of it, as are merely circumstantial and expletory. 1797 Brit. Critic Feb. 171 Dr. Garden is so fond of this expletory embellishment. 1823 C. Lamb Christ's Hosp. in Elia 45 With the expletory yell—‘and I will, too’. 1896 Racing Illustr. 28 Oct. 421/1 Their language simply bristled with expletory adjectives, and superfluous and stirring interjections. 1919 Rep. Supreme Court Missouri 278 133 The employment of the word ‘wilfully’ in conjunction with the words ‘feloniously’, and ‘with malice aforethought’, is expletory in that an act committed feloniously and with malice aforethought must necessarily be wilful and unlawful. 1942 R. A. Freeman Jacob St. Myst. x. 156 Suddenly, a louder sound, as of a falling body, with expletory accompaniments, was borne to the inspector's ears, and a few moments later the sergeant reappeared with a slightly uneven gait. 1961 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 2 504 The tinkers..whose..dialogue is punctuated at every turn by the expletory cry of ‘Gogs bloud’. 1998 Amer. Math. Monthly 105 291 Anyone who teaches knows that expletory computations sabotage learning: they convince the student that the computations play a predominant, rather than a subservient, role in the subject. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654
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