# explicit

Pronunciation: say "ik-SPLIS-it" /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/

## Adjective

1. Expressed in a very specific, clear, and detailed way, leaving nothing vague.
   - Simple: Said or shown in a clear, direct way, with all the details given.
   - _The contract included explicit terms about payment deadlines._
   - _He was explicit about what he expected from the team._
2. Containing language, images, or footage so direct that some may find it offensive or graphic.
   - Simple: Showing or describing sex, violence, or rude language in a clear, open way.
   - _The album carries an explicit warning for its graphic lyrics._
   - _Streaming services flag explicit content before it plays._

## Noun

3. The final few words that bring a written text to its close.
   - Simple: The last few words at the end of an old book or piece of writing.
   - _The explicit of the codex offered a prayer for its readers._
   - _Catalogers recorded each manuscript's explicit alongside its opening lines._

## Phrase

4. Written at the close of a book to mark that it has ended. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Written at the end of a book in old times to show that it is finished.
   - _The monk closed the volume with Explicit, as custom required._
   - _Beneath the colophon stood the single word Explicit._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus ("disentangled, easy"), a variant of explicātus.
**Meaning 4** — Abbreviated from the Latin phrase explicitus est līber ("the book is set in order, ended").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/explicit (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).