epistolary
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]1620s, from Latin epistolārius,[1] from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.[2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: e‧pis‧to‧la‧ry
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈpɪst(ə)ˌləɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]epistolary (comparative more epistolary, superlative most epistolary)
- 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.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Request Refused”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 297:
- But Sir Jasper has a great talent for epistolary correspondence—to be sure he has nothing else to do; but my time is of great importance.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters
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carried on by written correspondence
in the manner of written correspondence
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See also
[edit]Noun
[edit]epistolary (plural epistolaries)
- (Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
References
[edit]- ^ “epistolary, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “pistelarie, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “epistolārie, -ere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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