explicit
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
First attested 1609, from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled", "easy”), a past participle of explicāre (“to unfold”), from ex- (“out”) + plicō (“to fold”). Pornographic sense is from 1971.
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[edit] Adjective
explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)
- Very specific, clear, or detailed.
- I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
- Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.
- The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.
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[edit] Antonyms
- (very specific, clear): implicit, unexplicit, vague
- (containing offensive material): circumspect
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Terms derived from explicit
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Terms etymologically related to explicit
[edit] Translations
very specific
containing material that might be deemed offensive
[edit] External links
- explicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- explicit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
Latin explicō (“to unfold”)
[edit] Noun
explicit m.
- end (of a story)
