epigraphicadj.n.
/ɛpɪˈɡrafɪk/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to inscriptions, or to epigraphy.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective]
inscriptive1740
inscriptional1822
epigraphic1858
epigraphical1881
1858 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 341 To bring up a loose analogy of this sort against epigraphic evidence is simply childish.
1881 R. Lanciani in Athenæum 9 Apr. 498/3 Being mostly formed of a single letter, they escape an epigraphic reconstruction.
1883 I. Taylor Alphabet I. 266 Unsuitable for an epigraphic alphabet.
B. n.
In plural. The science of inscriptions. (In modern dictionaries.)
Derivatives
epiˈgraphical adj. = A.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective]
inscriptive1740
inscriptional1822
epigraphic1858
epigraphical1881
1881 A. H. Sayce in Athenæum 13 Aug. 208/3 Skill in reading Talmudic literature does not necessarily imply epigraphical skill as well.
1884 Athenæum 13 Sept. 344/1 The author summed up the existing records..annalistic, literary, and epigraphical.
1884 Christian Treasury Feb. 118/1 This epigraphical silence of the Holy Land.
epiˈgraphically adv. in an epigraphic manner; from the point of view of epigraphic science.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adverb]
epigraphically1883
inscriptively1895
1883 I. Taylor Alphabet I. 133 Epigraphically of the same age.
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