epistolic

Also ep·i·stol·i·cal

[ep-uh-stol-ik]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

epistolary.

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of epistolic¹

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

Discover More

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.