ep1sodIal

[Gr. epeisodios, from epeisodos =an episode (q. v.).] Of the nature of or relating to an episode; episodic. ěp-i-sōd-Ic, ep-1-sōd-Ic-al, a . [Eng.episod(e); -ic, -ical.] Relating or pertaining to an episode; of the nature of or contained in an episode. "This episodic narration gives the poet an opportunity to relate all that is contained in four books without breaking in upon the time of action."-Pope: Homer's Ody ey (Note). ep-1-sōd-Ic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. episodical; -ly.] By way of an episode; incidentally. "Thrown into a corner of the piece, that is episodically , with good advantage." -Hurd: Notes on Art of Poetry.