explicits
Sayik-SPLIS-its/ɪkˈsplɪsɪts/
- 1Plural of explicit.
Scholars compared the explicits of several manuscripts to identify a single scribe.
The explicits in these copied volumes often record the day the work was finished.
Note
Only the noun takes a plural. The adjective explicit, whether it means "clear and detailed" or "graphic," never adds an -s, so explicits always refers to the closing words of texts. The same word was once an obsolete phrase written at a book's close to mark its end. Manuscript scholars pair explicits with incipits, the opening words, when describing a copy.
explicits is a form of explicit
explicit, noun: The final few words that bring a written text to its close. Full entry
- Forms
- explicitexplicits plural
- Spelling
- explicit → explicits: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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