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episodic

/ˌɛp.ɪˈsɒd.ɪk/US/ˌɛp.ɪˈsɑ.dɪk/

episodic adjective: relating to an episode.

Adjective

episodic (comparative more episodic, superlative most episodic)

  1. Relating to an episode.
    • When I'm not honing my craft in episodic television, I do double-duty as a voice coach.1999, The Limey (movie)
    Synonyms:
    episodical
  2. Sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly.
    • Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.
  3. Consisting of a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes.
    • I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?

episodic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

episodic in Hindi

episodic, incidental
प्रासंगिक prāsaṅgik

episodic in Tamil

எபிசோடிக்

episodic in Marathi

एपिसोडिक

episodic in Bengali

এপিসোডিক
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episodic in Telugu
ఎపిసోడిక్
episodic in Malayalam
ഉപകഥാസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, ഇടവിട്ടിടവിട്ടുണ്ടാകുന്ന, ഇടയ്ക്കിടെ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന, കാലാകാലങ്ങളിലുണ്ടാകുന്ന
episodic in Kannada
ಎಪಿಸೋಡಿಕ್
episodic in Punjabi
ਐਪੀਸੋਡਿਕ, ਐਪੀਸੋਡਿੱਕ
episodic in Gujarati
એપિસોડિક
episodic in Odia
ଏପିସୋଡିକ୍, ଏପିସୋଡିକ
episodic in Nepali
एपिसोडिक

Examples of episodic in a sentence

  • On the contrary: I am an episodic rather than a narrativist writer.
  • It is characterized by hydrophobia, aerophobia, and episodic generalized arousal interrupted by periods of lucidity.
  • Episodic experience edges one toward the certainty, i.e., the ‘unculturality’, of nature, thus enhancing authority.

All 12 example sentences with episodic

Synonyms of episodic

Forms of episodic

comparativemore episodic
superlativemost episodic
alternative form (obsolete)episodick

Origin of episodic

From episode + -ic. Compare French épisodique.

Words formed from episodic

Phrases with episodic

Words that rhyme with episodic

Questions about episodic

What does episodic mean?
Episodic means relating to an episode.
What is episodic in Hindi?
Episodic in Hindi is प्रासंगिक (prāsaṅgik). See Episodic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is episodic?
Episodic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce episodic?
Episodic is pronounced /ˌɛp.ɪˈsɒd.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near episodic in the dictionary

  1. episode
  2. episodeless
  3. episodes
  4. episodial
  5. episodially
  6. episodic
  7. episodic dyscontrol syndrome
  8. episodic memories
  9. episodic memory
  10. episodic wave
  11. episodic waves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: episodic (page history and authors); प्रासंगिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); episodic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); episodic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); episodic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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