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explicit

Definition of explicit

stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt:the arrangement had not been made explicit
(of a person) stating something in an explicit manner:let me be explicit
describing or representing sexual activity in a graphic fashion:a sexually explicit blockbuster

the closing words of a manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text. Compare with incipit.
[ Middle English: late Latin, 'here ends', or abbreviation of explicitus est liber 'the scroll is unrolled']

Derivatives

early 17th century (as an adjective): from French explicite or Latin explicitus, past participle of explicare 'unfold' (see explicate)

Definition of explicit in the US English dictionary

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