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epiclassical

epiclassical adjective: coming after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.

Adjective

epiclassical (not comparable)

  1. Coming after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.
    • epiclassical law
    • There followed 60 years of disorder, up to 300, which have been termed epiclassical.1998, Simon Hornblower, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, page 397

Forms of epiclassical

alternative formepiclassic

Origin of epiclassical

From epi- + classical.

Questions about epiclassical

What does epiclassical mean?
Epiclassical means coming after the classical period and, usually, maintaining continuity with it.
What part of speech is epiclassical?
Epiclassical is an adjective.

Words near epiclassical in the dictionary

  1. epicists
  2. epicity
  3. epick
  4. epicks
  5. epiclassic
  6. epiclassical
  7. epiclast
  8. epiclastic
  9. epicleidal
  10. epicleidium
  11. epicleses

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