overexplicit

adjective

over·​ex·​plic·​it ˌō-vər-ik-ˈspli-sət 

: explicit to an excessive or unnecessary degree

overexplicit instructions

the movie's overexplicit violence

There is no need to be overexplicit, to pin things down, to categorize and classify.

—Jenny Edkins and Adrian Kear

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overexplicit

• complicit
• elicit
• explicit
• illicit
• implicit
• solicit
• licit