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English Dictionary: episodic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): episodic, occasional
  3. limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Episodic \Ep`i*so"dic\, Episodical \Ep`i*so"dic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
      [82]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.
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