epistolic

English

Alternative forms

• epistolical

Etymology

From Latin epistolicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολικός (epistolikós, “suited to or in the style of a letter”).

Adjective

epistolic (comparative more epistolic, superlative most epistolic)

1. Relating to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “epistolic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)