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8-letter words (1 found)

EXPLICIT,

7-letter words (1 found)

PELITIC,

6-letter words (2 found)

ELICIT,EXILIC,

5-letter words (10 found)

CEILI,CLEPT,CLIPE,CLIPT,IXTLE,LICIT,PILEI,PIXEL,PIXIE,TELIC,

4-letter words (25 found)

CEIL,CELT,CIEL,CITE,CLIP,CLIT,EPIC,ETIC,EXIT,ILEX,LEPT,LICE,LIPE,LITE,PELT,PICE,PIET,PILE,PILI,PLEX,PLIE,TEIL,TICE,TILE,TIPI,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEL,CEP,CIT,ELT,ICE,LEI,LEP,LET,LEX,LIE,LIP,LIT,PEC,PEL,PET,PIC,PIE,PIT,PIX,TEC,TEL,TEX,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIP,TIX,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,ET,EX,IT,LI,PE,PI,TE,TI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 77 words from explicit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of explicit

explicit

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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
  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
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Etymology 2

Noun

explicit (plural explicits)

  1. 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

  1. (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

Noun

explicit m (plural explicits)

  1. end (of a story)
    Antonym: incipit

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

explicit

  1. (Late Latin) alternative form of explicuit

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit.

Noun

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

  1. 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)

  1. explicit

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

explicit (comparative explicitare, superlative explicitast)

  1. explicit
    Antonym: implicit

Declension

Adverb

explicit

  1. explicitly
    Synonym: uttryckligen

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org