epistolary
pronunciation
How to pronounce epistolary in British English:
UK [ɪˈpɪstələri]
How to pronounce epistolary in American English:
US [ɪˈpɪstəleri]
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- Adjective:
- written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence
Word Origin
- epistolary (adj.)
- 1650s, from French épistolaire, from Late Latin epistolarius "of or belonging to letters," from Latin epistola "a letter, a message" (see epistle). In Middle English as a noun (early 15c.), "book containing epistles read in the Mass," from Medieval Latin epistolarium.
Example
- 1. Some people fight , you start an epistolary novel of angry feelings .
- 2. Genre analysis of epistolary novels : a case study of .
- 3. No greek epistolary manuscript contains the passage .
- 4. In any case , I hope somebody finds a way to revive the epistolary novel .
- 5. In 1922 , the russian formalist critic emigrated to berlin , where his infatuation with elsa triolet resulted in this epistolary novel .