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epitomical, a.|ɛpɪˈtɒmɪkəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of the nature of an epitome.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. Annot. D ij b, Of her [Zenobia's]..skill in languages, writing of an Epitomicall Hystorie, and training up of her children in learning, read, etc. 1660S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 61 A kind of Epitomical Repetition. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets 188 Our literature is rich in ballads, a form epitomical of the epic and dramatic. |