epistlingn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈpɪsl̩ɪŋ/,

/ᵻˈpɪslɪŋ/, U.S.

/ᵻˈpɪs(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s epestelinge, 1500s–1600s 1900s– epistling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epistle v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < epistle v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later epistolizing n.

Chiefly literary or humorous. Now rare.

The action or practice of writing letters; (also) epistolary matter, correspondence.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > collectively

epistling1596

correspondency1699

correspondence1771

mail matter1839

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F Heere's a packet of Epistling, as bigge as a Packe of Woollen cloth.

1607 E. Grimeston in tr. J. de Serres Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France Ep. Ded. sig. ¶ iij My most honovred lords. I dare not so much trespasse against the publicke, as (after the solemne and tedious manner of Epistling) to vsurpe your time with a barren Preface.

1653 T. Blake Vindiciæ Foederis Ep. Ded. sig. *2^v If Paul in an Epistle did remember the like from Onesiphorus..my heart must needs have checked me, if having opportunity of Epistling according to received custom, you should have been forgotten.

1942 S. Bellow Lett. (2010) 24 In the last six weeks I have sent Isaac a single letter and Kappy a single apologetic note, and that has been the total extent of my epistling.

1996 Bull. with Newsweek (Sydney) 22 Oct. 34/2 The exchanges between the patron saints of epistling, Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, didn't exactly sparkle with historic social comment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epistling
释义	epistlingn. Brit. /ᵻˈpɪsl̩ɪŋ/, /ᵻˈpɪslɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻˈpɪs(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s epestelinge, 1500s–1600s 1900s– epistling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epistle v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < epistle v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later epistolizing n. Chiefly literary or humorous. Now rare. The action or practice of writing letters; (also) epistolary matter, correspondence. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > collectively epistling1596 correspondency1699 correspondence1771 mail matter1839 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F Heere's a packet of Epistling, as bigge as a Packe of Woollen cloth. 1607 E. Grimeston in tr. J. de Serres Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France Ep. Ded. sig. ¶ iij My most honovred lords. I dare not so much trespasse against the publicke, as (after the solemne and tedious manner of Epistling) to vsurpe your time with a barren Preface. 1653 T. Blake Vindiciæ Foederis Ep. Ded. sig. 2^v If Paul in an Epistle did remember the like from Onesiphorus..my heart must needs have checked me, if having opportunity of Epistling according to received custom, you should have been forgotten. 1942 S. Bellow Lett.* (2010) 24 In the last six weeks I have sent Isaac a single letter and Kappy a single apologetic note, and that has been the total extent of my epistling. 1996 Bull. with Newsweek (Sydney) 22 Oct. 34/2 The exchanges between the patron saints of epistling, Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, didn't exactly sparkle with historic social comment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596
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