# explicit
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)
* 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.
* (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.

##### Derived terms

* explicitally
* explicitate
* explicitation
* explicit function
* explicitization
* explicitize
* explicitly
* explicitness
* hyperexplicit
* inexplicit
* nonexplicit
* overexplicit
* semiexplicit
* sexplicit

##### Related terms

* explicate
* explication
* explicator

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

explicit (plural explicits)
* The final few words of a text.
    Antonym: incipit

### Etymology 3

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

#### Phrase

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

### Further reading

* “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.

## French
### Alternative forms

* excipit (proscribed)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

explicit m (plural explicits)
* end (of a story)
    Antonym: incipit

### Further reading

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

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit.

### Noun

explicit oblique singular, m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)
* end (of a story)

#### Synonyms

* finit

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus.

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Adjective

explicit (comparative explicitare, superlative explicitast)
* explicit
    Antonym: implicit

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### Adverb

explicit
* explicitly
    Synonym: uttryckligen

### References

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