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[ ep-uh-sod-ik, -zod- ] / ˌɛp əˈsɒd ɪk, -ˈzɒd- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR episodic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to or of the nature of an episode. divided into separate or tenuously related parts or sections; loosely connected: an episodic novel. occurring sporadically or incidentally. Origin of episodicFirst recorded in 1705–15; episode + -ic SYNONYMS FOR episodic2 rambling, wandering, digressive. SEE SYNONYMS FOR episodic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM episodicep·i·sod·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·ep·i·sod·ic, adjectivenon·ep·i·sod·i·cal, adjectivenon·ep·i·sod·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby episodicepisioplasty, episiorrhaphy, episiostenosis, episiotomy, episode, episodic, episodic memory, episome, epispadias, epispastic, episplenitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for episodicThe most common form of primary headache is an episodic tension-type headache. How to Destroy Your Headaches|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST And I think [Gould] was guilty of using a poetic language to conflate those three kinds of episodic changes. Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Another kind of episodic change is macromutations: where a parent has a baby that is radically different. Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Well, you can see that kind of episodic change is again entirely different from the other two. Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There have also been episodic rocket attacks on Bekaa Valley Shiite towns fired from Syrian rebel-held positions. Is Lebanon Unraveling?|Jamie Dettmer|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Plainly this cannot be considered in the same sense "episodic" as the poem of Thor's fishing for the Midgarth snake. Epic and Romance|W. P. Ker Some of the poems are episodic; others are rather to be described as abridgments of epic than as separate epic scenes. Epic and Romance|W. P. Ker I think it is just to say that the religious picture is not episodic. Beauty and the Beast|Stewart A. McDowall Since her marriage she has suffered from episodic excitement in which she is violently jealous of her husband. Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung The sum of his episodic rambling on Brian's tongue was appalling.
British Dictionary definitions for episodic
adjectiveresembling or relating to an episode divided into or composed of episodes irregular, occasional, or sporadic Derived forms of episodicepisodically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to episodicdisjointed, anecdotal, digressive, disconnected, discursive, incidental, irregular, occasional, rambling, roundabout, soap opera, sporadic, wandering, picaresque, segmented |