Meaning

3 senses
  1. Relating to an episode.

    limited in duration to a single episode

  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?

    episodisch

    эпизоди́ческийepizodíčeskij, эпизоди́чныйepizodíčnyj

    епізоди́чнийepizodýčnyj

Examples

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  1. He began suffering from episodic amnesia after the accident.

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  2. After the accident she started suffering from episodic amnesia.

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  3. I read that it's going to be more episodic and have fewer arcs.

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  4. There's no point in asking Tom what happened; he doesn't have good episodic memory.

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  5. Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production.

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Translations

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Origin

From episode + -ic. Compare French épisodique.

From episode + -ic. Compare French épisodique.

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Forms

more episodic, most episodic
Comparativemore episodic Lesson
Superlativemost episodic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals:occasional

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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