epistolary
adjEtymology
1627, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.
- derived from ἐπιστολή
- borrowed from epistolārius
Definitions
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
Carried on by written correspondence.
- an epistolary relationship
In the manner of written correspondence.
- epistolary style
- an epistolary novel
- Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) is written in epistolary style.
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A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New…
A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
The neighborhood
- neighborepistle
- neighborepistology
- neighbordialectic
- neighbordialogue
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for epistolary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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