orature (countable and uncountable, plural oratures)
The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc, that is communicated orally rather than in writing. [from 1970s]
Synonym: oral literature
orature (plural oratures)
(Scotland, chiefly, Christianity, archaic) Variant of oratour.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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.
