Hypertext Webster Gateway: "episodic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Episodic \Ep`i*so"dic\, Episodical \Ep`i*so"dic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
['e]pisodique. See {Episode}.]
Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. --
{Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly}, adv.
Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical
though it be, is an excellent English portrait. --H.
James.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
episodic
adj 1: of writing or narration; divided into or composed of
episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents
don't always hang together"
2: occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;
"episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn:
{occasional}]
3: limited in duration to a single episode; "an account
concerned primarily with episodic events such as the
succession of rulers"
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