episode
nounEtymology
From French épisode, from New Latin *epīsodium, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), neuter of ἐπεισόδιος (epeisódios, “following upon the entrance, coming in besides, adventitious”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + εἰς (eis, “into”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
- derived from ἐπεισόδιον
- derived from *epīsodium✻
- borrowed from épisode
Definitions
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected…
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
- It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
- The Attorney-General, however, had used this episode, which Martin in retrospect had felt to be a blot on the scutcheon, merely to emphasise the intelligence and resource of the prisoner.
- Three of the great extinctions appear to have occurred during cold episodes and two during hot episodes.
An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
- I can't wait till next week’s episode.
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at episode. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at episode. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at episode
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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