explicitly
/ɪkˈsplɪsətli/ik-SPLIH-suht-lee
/ɪkˈsplɪsətli/ik-SPLIH-suht-lee
Meaningin an explicit way
Common meaning: clearly and openly, leaving nothing implied
- exout
- plicto foldLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1387 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘out’ + ‘to fold’ → explicitly
Journey through time
- Latinplicō, plicāvī‘to fold’
- Englishexplicit‘stated clearly’
- Englishformed in English from explicitexplicitly‘clearly and openly, leaving nothing implied’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from explicit + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXPLICIT, p.200 · scan
Roots
- plicō, plicāvī Latin “to fold”
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