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epigraphic, a. and n.|ɛpɪˈgræfɪk|
[f. epigraph + -ic.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to inscriptions, or to epigraphy.
1858M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 341 To bring up a loose analogy of this sort against epigraphic evidence is simply childish. 1881R. Lanciani in Athenæum 9 Apr. 498/3 Being mostly formed of a single letter, they escape an epigraphic reconstruction. 1883I. Taylor Alphabet I. 266 Unsuitable for an epigraphic alphabet.
B. n. In pl. The science of inscriptions.
In mod. Dicts.
Hence epiˈgraphical a. = epigraphic a. epiˈgraphically adv., in an epigraphic manner; from the point of view of epigraphic science.
1881Sayce in Athenæum 13 Aug. 208/3 Skill in reading Talmudic literature does not necessarily imply epigraphical skill as well. 1884Athenæum 13 Sept. 344/1 The author summed up the existing records..annalistic, literary, and epigraphical. 1884Christian Treas. Feb. 118/1 This epigraphical silence of the Holy Land. 1883I. Taylor Alphabet I. 133 Epigraphically of the same age. |