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

• paroemial
• paroemias
• paroemiographer
• paroemiographers
• paroemiography
• paroemiologies
• paroemiology
• par of exchange
• paroicous
• parol
• parole
• paroled
• parolee
• parolees
• paroles
• paroling
• paronomasia
• paronomasias
• paronomastic
• paronomastical
• paronomasy
• paronychia
• paronychial
• paronychias
• paronym