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单词 unexplicit
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unexplicitadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, explicit adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + explicit adj. Compare inexplicit adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unexˈplicit.
(un- prefix1 1, 5.)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > vague or inexplicit
oblique?a1475
overthwart1545
indirect1584
slenting1642
undeterminate1649
vaguea1661
wide1662
indeterminate1773
unexplicit1775
nebulose1799
imprecise1805
misty1816
nebulous1817
inexplicit1827
fuzzy1937
soft-focused1942
wifty-wafty1943
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adverb] > vaguely or inexplicitly
overthwartly1571
indirectly1598
implicitly1635
unexplicit1775
inexplicitly1776
vaguely1781
indeterminately1835
woollily1937
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unexplicit.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) I. xvii. 319 Very brief and unexplicit in his treatment of this subject.

Derivatives

unexˈplicitly adv.
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1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 18 So unexplicitly expressed,..that it was by no means easy to conceive the meaning of what he said.
1852 G. P. R. James Pequinillo II. 211 It was briefly and unexplicitly that he explained himself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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