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inexplicit, a.|ɪnɛkˈsplɪsɪt| [in-3. Cf. L. inexplicitus in same sense.] Not explicit; not definitely expressed or expressive; not clear in terms or statement.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Jud. Evid. (1827) I. 116 You have yourself, though in an obscure and inexplicit way..been delivering to me a proposition. 1847J. Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 5. 256 The description..is..inexplicit. 1886Sat. Rev. 20 Feb. 245 The grumbles were inexplicit and almost inarticulate. So inexˈplicitly adv.; inexˈplicitness.
1775R. Chandler Trav. Greece (1825) II. 130 Two structures yet remain, either omitted or mentioned inexplicitly by Pausanias. 1869A. W. Potts Lat. Pr. Comp. (1870) 2 Indistinctness, inexplicitness..were faults which excluded a writer from the list of literary men. 1871–3Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) §610 Saying a great deal in brief compass, and with all the entailed consequences of inexplicitness. |