explicit

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled, easy”), variant of explicātus.

explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)

1. Very specific, clear, or detailed. [from 1609]

   Synonyms: express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit

   Antonyms: implicit, unexplicit, vague

   I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.

   • 1989 January, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal‎^[1], volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 127:

     If the task is indeed a difficult one, it may be worthwhile to attempt an explicit statement as to those aspects of the endeavor that appear to have the greatest importance for success or failure.

2. (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]

   Synonym: raunchy

   Antonym: circumspect

   The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.

   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cronos Station:

     Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue.
     Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols.
     Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I think she was making a joke.

explicit (plural explicits)

1. The final few words of a text.

   Antonym: incipit

Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est līber (“the book is set in order, ended”).

explicit

1. (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

• “explicit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “explicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• excipit (proscribed)

Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est liber (“the book is set in order, ended”).

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explicit m (plural explicits)

1. end (of a story)

   Antonym: incipit

• “explicit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

explicit

1. (Late Latin) alternative form of explicuit

Borrowed from Latin explicit.

explicit oblique singular, m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)

1. end (of a story)

• finit

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus.

explicit m or n (feminine singular explicită, masculine plural expliciți, feminine and neuter plural explicite)

1. explicit

explicit (comparative explicitare, superlative explicitast)

1. explicit

   Antonym: implicit

explicit

1. explicitly

   Synonym: uttryckligen

• explicit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• explicit in Svensk ordbok (SO)