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.

2. (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic. [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.
• “explicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →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.

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)