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Inexplicit

Definition: Inexplicit

Inexplicit

Adjective

1. Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Inexplicit \In`ex*plic"it\, adjective. [Latin expression inexplicitus: compare to the French expression inexplicite. See In- not, and Explicit.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Inexplicit

Synonym: implicit (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: explicit (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Inexplicit

English words defined with "inexplicit": Indefinite term. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Inexplicit

"Inexplicit" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Inexplicit" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)50%2245,945
Noun (singular)50%2245,945
                    Total100.00%4N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Inexplicit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  inexplicit

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Inexplicit

Language Translations for "inexplicit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i pasaktë (erroneous, fallible, false, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, lax, untrue, vague), i pacaktuar (indefinite, indeterminate, unsure, vague). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غير بين. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неконкретен (general), неопределен (ambiguous, amorphous, formless, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, infinitive, loose, neutral, nondescript, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unidentified, vague), неизречен (unspoken), неизказан (ineffable, inexpressible, mental, silent, unsaid, unspeakable, unspoken, untold, unutterable, unvoiced). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

不明确. (various references)

   

Czech

  

neurèitý (ambiguous, impressionistic, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminate, intangible, undeclared, vague). (various references)

   

French

  

inexplicite. (various references)

   

German

  

unklar (blurred, cloudy, doubtful, equivocal, equivocally, foggy, foul, hazy, incoherent, indefinite, indefinitely, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinctly, misty, murky, nebulous, nondistinctive, obscure, obscurely, opaque, sketchy, unclarified, unclear, vague, woolly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ασαφήσ (ambiguous, blear, fuzzy, hazy, indeterminate, indistinct, misty, vague). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

határozatlan (equivocal, hesitant, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, infirm, invertebrate, irresolute, obscure, shilly shally, shilly-shally, to be on the hedge, transcendental, undecided, undecisive, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, weak-kneed). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

명백하지 않". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inexplicitay

   

Portuguese

  

inexplicável (unaccountable), inexplícito, obscuro (abstruse, blur, dim, dusk, familiar, foggy, hazy, humble, ingot, misty, mysterious, namely, obscure, oral, transcendental, unclear, unnoted). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

neexplicit, neclar (blind, cloudy, confused, dark, darkly, difficult, diffuse, dim, dull, feeble, foggy, gloomily, hazy, inarticulate, indistinct, lax, muddy, obscurely, vague, vaguely). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неопределенный (atemporal, chancy, dusty, hazy, iffy, imponderable, imprecise, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, infinite, infinitive, lax, suspenseful, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unspecified, unsure, vague). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neodređen (indefinite, indeterminate, neutral, undeterminable, undetermined, unspecified). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

otydlig (bleary, diaphanous, faint, inarticulate, indistinct, muzzy, obscure, vague), obestämd (airy, dreamy, fluid, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, intangible, obscure, uncertain, undecided, undetermined). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

net olmayan, karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly), açık olmayan (cloudy, unclear, unreceptive), çapraşık (complicated, entangled, perplexed, recondite). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không rõ r ng; mơ h", không nói lên rõ r ng, chung chung. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Inexplicit"

Words rhyming with "inexplicit" (pronounced 'In`ex*plic"it'): Accredit, Adhibit, Adit, Albeit, Bewit, Cohabit, Cohibit, Davit, Decrepit, Delimit, Dishabit, Disherit, Disinherit, Dispirit, Disspirit, Edit, Effrontit, Evomit, Howbeit, illicit, Immerit, implicit, inhibit, inspirit, Interposit, Intervisit, Introit, Juxtaposit, Kinit, licit, Overmerit, Petit, Pinxit, Pipit, Placit, Posit, Postposit, Prelimit, Premerit, Prohibit, Promerit, redeposit, Reexhibit, Reinhabit, Reinspirit, reposit, Retraxit, revisit, Seposit, solicit. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Inexplicit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-i-l-n-p-t-x"

-2 letters: explicit.

-3 letters: incipit, pelitic, penicil.

-4 letters: client, elicit, exilic, incept, incite, inclip, lectin, lentic, pectin, pencil, pinite, pintle, tiepin.

-5 letters: clept, cline, clipt, elint, inept, inlet, ixtle, licit, lipin, nixie, pilei, pixel, pixie, telic, xenic.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-i-l-n-p-t-x"
 

+5 letters: exemplification, inexplicability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Inexplicit


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 65 78 70 6C 69 63 69 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#101 &#120 &#112 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#105 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0065 0078 0070 006C 0069 0063 0069 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43807190827875697586

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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