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Expletive
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous.
(2):
(n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Expletive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/expletive.html. 1828.