expletory

English

Adjective

expletory (comparative more expletory, superlative most expletory)

1. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
   • 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:

     an expletory word

Derived terms

• expletory justice

References

• “expletory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.