explanification

English

Etymology

From explain +‎ -ify +‎ -ation, modelled after clarification.

Noun

explanification (plural explanifications)

1. An explanation.
   • 1844, Hugo Playfair, Brother Jonathan, page 124:

     Square, you be a Britisher, and it be no manner of calculation to make explanification wid you, but I guess, if Van Buren and Congress don't go to rail war for disputed territory, Maine will.