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n
noun
1.
the act of explicating.
2.
an explanation; interpretation: He gave a brilliant explication of James Joyce's book.
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Explication
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- It is a stream of impressions, with no story line, character development or single incontrovertible explication.
- Careful explication of complex scientific concepts written in accessible language.
- But that is simply to relocate the problem in a phrase that itself demands explication.
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Word Origin & History
explication
1520s, from M.Fr. explication, from L. explicationem (nom. explicatio), from explicare (see explicit).
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