epochal

adj
/ˈɛ.pək.əl/

Etymology

From epoch + -al.

  1. derived from ἐποχή
  2. borrowed from epocha
  3. suffixed as epochal — “epoch + al

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an epoch.

  2. Highly important or significant

    Highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making.

    • But they were the great epochal design; their influence on locomotive development is felt to this day and their niche in railway history is secure.
    • It had been an epochal decade for cancer epidemiology, but equally, an epochal decade for tobacco.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for epochal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA