epistolicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌɛpᵻˈstɒlᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌɛpəˈstɑlək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s epistolicall, 1600s– epistolical.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin epistolicus , -al suffix¹; Greek ἐπιστολικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin epistolicus or its etymon ancient Greek ἐπιστολικός epistolic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier epistolar adj. and later epistolic adj.

Chiefly literary.

= epistolary adj.In quot. 1868 intended as a malapropism for apostolical adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adjective]

paper1592

epistolical1615

epistolary1627

epistolar1649

literal1650

literary1656

epistolic1670

epistolatory1675

1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 26 in Blacke Devill There bee wolues..reported by Doctor Ioseph Hall, in his short Epistolicall discourse of his Trauels, to abound in Ardenna.

1655 in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 30 A large Epistolical discourse.

1670 Let. in H. R. Fox Bourne Life Locke (1876) I. v. 253 You cannot be better pleased with our epistolical converse than I am.

a1742 R. Bentley Let. in Corr. (1842) I. 11 An Epistolical Dissertation on John Malelas.

1778 H. Hodgson Duty Universal Benevolence Enforced ii. 26 The epistolical part of his [sc. Dr. Harwood's] Liberal translation.

1868 S. Ferguson Father Tom & Pope v. 58 It was..one ov the greatest beauties ov a greyhound that he'd ever laid his epistolical eyes on.

1982 G. Grigson Blessings, Kicks & Curses 58 Some provocation for an even longer epistolical whine from Mrs Leavis.

2003 Ideas in Russia 5 215/1 An arsenał of means that encompassed games of literary ‘masks’ and ‘roles’, epistolical play, the playing out of real life upon the laws of a literary work.

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

单词	epistolical
释义	epistolicaladj. Brit. /ˌɛpᵻˈstɒlᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɛpəˈstɑlək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s epistolicall, 1600s– epistolical. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin epistolicus , -al suffix¹; Greek ἐπιστολικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin epistolicus or its etymon ancient Greek ἐπιστολικός epistolic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier epistolar adj. and later epistolic adj. Chiefly literary. = epistolary adj.In quot. 1868 intended as a malapropism for apostolical adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adjective] paper1592 epistolical1615 epistolary1627 epistolar1649 literal1650 literary1656 epistolic1670 epistolatory1675 1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 26 in Blacke Devill There bee wolues..reported by Doctor Ioseph Hall, in his short Epistolicall discourse of his Trauels, to abound in Ardenna. 1655 in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 30 A large Epistolical discourse. 1670 Let. in H. R. Fox Bourne Life Locke (1876) I. v. 253 You cannot be better pleased with our epistolical converse than I am. a1742 R. Bentley Let. in Corr. (1842) I. 11 An Epistolical Dissertation on John Malelas. 1778 H. Hodgson Duty Universal Benevolence Enforced ii. 26 The epistolical part of his [sc. Dr. Harwood's] Liberal translation. 1868 S. Ferguson Father Tom & Pope v. 58 It was..one ov the greatest beauties ov a greyhound that he'd ever laid his epistolical eyes on. 1982 G. Grigson Blessings, Kicks & Curses 58 Some provocation for an even longer epistolical whine from Mrs Leavis. 2003 Ideas in Russia 5 215/1 An arsenał of means that encompassed games of literary ‘masks’ and ‘roles’, epistolical play, the playing out of real life upon the laws of a literary work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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