EXPLICATORY

Etymology

Adjective

explicatory (comparative more explicatory, superlative most explicatory)

Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.

Synonyms

• explicative

Source: Wiktionary


Ex"pli*ca`to*ry, a.

Definition: Explicative. Barrow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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