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epochal

[ep-uh-kuh l or, esp. British, ee-po-]

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adjective

of, relating to, or of the nature of an epoch.

extremely important, significant, or influential.

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Origin of epochal

First recorded in 1675–85; epoch + -al¹

Related formsep·och·al·ly, adverbnon·ep·och·al, adjectivepre·ep·och·al, adjectiveun·ep·och·al, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for epochal

Contemporary Examples of epochal

His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting.
Meet Moses the Swashbuckling Israelite
James Romm
December 14, 2014
Physics—and, indeed, the rest of the world—stands at the cusp of an epochal change.
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Sam Munson
August 13, 2012
But even his dying was epochal—everything about this amazing writer resonates.
Joseph Roth’s Letters Reveal a Great Forgotten Writer
Anthony Heilbut
February 10, 2012
In the grand scheme, this bill is not as significant as the epochal legislation of the 1930s and 1960s.
Overcoming the Fear Factor
Ted Widmer
March 21, 2010

Historical Examples of epochal

The silence lengthened until it became acute, epochal, climactic.
The Shadow
Arthur Stringer
The 1914 catalogue was epochal in the life of this big farmer.
Plowing On Sunday
Sterling North
In 1868, Westinghouse made his epochal invention, the railway air-brake.
Invention
Bradley A. Fiske
Historians recognize two epochal events in the life of the nation.
Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule
Various
But in the future they will be regarded as epochal in the science of mind.
The Religious Sentiment
Daniel G. Brinton

Word Origin and History for epochal

adj.

1680s, from epoch + -al (1).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper