episodic
/ˌepəˈsɒdɪk/eh-puh-SAH-dik
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɛpəˈsɑdɪk/eh-puh-SAH-dik
Meaningrelating to episodes
Common meaning: made of separate episodes
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- epiupon; in addition
- slinking sound (from Greek eis: into)
- oda way, road; a journeyLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 543 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
‘upon’ + ‘into)’ + ‘a way, road’ → episodic
Journey through time
- Greekὁδός‘a way, road’
- Englishepisode‘a single event or instalment’
- Englishformed in English from episodeepisodic‘made of separate episodes’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from episode + -ic.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EPISODE, p.193 · scan
Roots
- ὁδός Greek “a way, road; a journey”
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