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Added 9 October 2026

implicit

/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ adjective

Latin root: implicitus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about implicit at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words.
Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.

Origin

From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

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