- expository (adj.)
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[expository 词源字典] - 1620s, from Medieval Latin expositorius, from exposit-, past participle stem of Latin exponere "set forth" (see expound). Earlier in English as a noun meaning "an expository treatise, commentary" (early 15c.). Related: Expositorial.[expository etymology, expository origin, 英语词源]