Epistolary Definition
ĭ-pĭstə-lĕrē
adjective
Of or suitable to letters or letter writing.
Webster's New World
Being in the form of a letter.
Epistolary exchanges.
American Heritage
Contained in or conducted by letters.
Webster's New World
Written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters, as certain novels of the 18th cent.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- epistolatory
Origin of Epistolary
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1650s, from French épistolaire, from Latin epistolaris, from Latin epistola (“letter”) (English epistle), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolē) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistellō, “I send a message”) from ἐπί (epi, “upon”) + στέλλω (stellō, “I prepare, send”).
From Wiktionary
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From Latin epistolāris from epistola epistle epistle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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