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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
expletive
ex·ple·tive [expletive expletives] BrE [ɪkˈspliːtɪv] NAmE [ˈeksplətɪv] noun (formal)
a word, especially a rude word, that you use when you are angry, or in pain
Syn: ↑swear word
•He dropped the book on his foot and muttered several expletives under his breath.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin expletivus, from explere ‘fill out’, from ex- ‘out’ + plere ‘fill’. The noun sense ‘word used merely to fill out a sentence’ (early 17th cent.) was applied specifically to a swear word in the early 19th cent.
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