epistolary
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[edit] Etymology
1650s, from French épistolaire, from Latin epistolaris, from Latin epistola (“letter”) (English epistle),[1] from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolē) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistellō, “I send a message”) from ἐπί (epi, “upon”) + στέλλω (stellō, “I prepare, send”).
[edit] Adjective
epistolary (comparative more epistolary, superlative most epistolary)
- of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters
- carried on by written correspondence
- in the manner of written correspondence (epistolary style, epistolary novel)
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- ^ “epistolary” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
