In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
expository, expositive
(adjective) serving to expound or set forth; “clean expository writing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expository (not comparable)
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pos"i*to*ry, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical. A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.