epistolic

American

[ep-uh-stol-ik] / ˌɛp əˈstɒl ɪk /

Also epistolical

adjective

epistolary.

Etymology

Origin of epistolic

1735–45; < Latin epistolicus < Greek epistolikós suited to a letter. See epistle, -ic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Some, when they write to their friends, are all affection; Some are wise and sententious; some strain their powers for efforts of gaiety; some write news, and some write secrets—but to make a letter without affection, without wisdom, without gaiety, without news, and without a secret, is doubtless the great epistolic art.

From Project Gutenberg

The Emperor Karl of Austria, by his recent indiscretions, is winning for himself the new title of "His Epistolic Majesty."

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023