epistolaryadj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻˈpɪstəl(ə)ri/,

/ᵻˈpɪstl̩(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ᵻˈpɪstəˌlɛri/,

/ˌɛpəˈstɑləri/

Forms: 1600s epistolarie, 1600s– epistolary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin epistolarius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin epistolarius (also epistularius ) of or relating to letters or letter-writing (6th cent.) < classical Latin epistola epistle n. + -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare French épistolaire , adjective (1542 in Middle French as epistolaire ). Compare earlier epistolar adj.In sense A. 4 after epistle n. 2.

A. adj.

1. Chiefly literary. Of or relating to letters or letter-writing.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adjective]

paper1592

epistolical1615

epistolary1627

epistolar1649

literal1650

literary1656

epistolic1670

epistolatory1675

1627 tr. Cicero Lessons & Exercises (title page) Lessons and exercises out of Cicero Ad Atticum, for such as desire to habituate themselues..in Cicero's epistolarie Latine.

1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. b2 The style of them [sc. the following verses] is, what it ought to be, Epistolary.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 87. ⁋2 The Rules of Epistolary Writing.

1730 Swift's Corr. in Wks. (1841) II. 636 I seek no epistolary fame.

1780 W. Cowper Let. 16 Mar. (1979) I. 323 I saw the reason of your Epistolary Brevity.

1852 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. xiii. 231 My excellent little maid..has every talent except the talent epistolary.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 188/2 ‘Your Reverence’ has disappeared as an epistolary salutation.

1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating xi. 243 Special forms, e.g. poetry, liturgy, parables, proverbs, epigrams and epistolary formulae, are all important factors in determining meaning.

2008 D. Lodge Deaf Sentence (2009) vii. 94 I read an article by him about the effect of email on epistolary style which made me think he would be a good person to work with.

2. Contained in letters, carried on by letters; (esp. in epistolary novel) in the form of letters.

ΚΠ

1636 P. Heylyn Coale from Altar Introd. 6 Wee will discend to those three particulars, which are insisted on in that Epistolarie discourse.

1706 H. Dodwell (title) An Epistolary Discourse, proving from the Scriptures..that the Soul is a Principle naturally Mortal.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶1 I do intend to continue my Epistolary Correspondence with thee.

a1826 T. Jefferson in Sir J. Sinclair's Corr. (1831) II. 48 I recall..the days of our former intercourse, personal and epistolary.

1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 52 In the epistolary portions of the New Testament, written by the Apostles.

1909 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 30 79 No one is surprised at the epistolary novel with its trick of expunging the author of the story.

1969 G. Greene Coll. Ess. II. ii. 85 He recognized the inadequacy of Pamela, of the epistolary novel, to satisfy the hunger of the age.

1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. July 18/1 Smollett borrowed Richardson's epistolary form for The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker.

2010 Newsweek (Nexis) 12 Apr. 54 In Dear John, a soldier overseas has a gushing, epistolary romance with his girlfriend back home.

3. Of, relating to, or designating a letter of dedication occurring as a preface to a literary work (see epistle n. 1c).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [adjective] > dedication

dedicatory1565

epistolar1579

dedicated1609

epistolary1646

1646 J. Brinsley Araignm. Present Schism To Rdr. sig. A2 Onely for thy satisfaction take this breif Epistolary Declaration.

1681 T. Manningham Two Disc. 63 (T.) Scarce allowing the author one epistolary compliment.

1738 W. Robinson Intriguing Milliners & Attornies Clerks Pref. sig. A6 (heading) An epistolary preface from a gentleman in London, to his brother at Preston in Lancashire.

a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 107 Or with epistolary bow, Have prefac'd, as I scarce know how.

1811 Gentleman's Mag. May 446/1 The Treatise is introduced with two epistolary dedications.

1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXXII. 249/2 There is an epistolary preface to a friend called Gervase.

1993 B. K. Lewalski Writing Women in Jacobean Eng. ii. vi. 154 In the first printing,..the epistolary preface was signed ‘Thomas Tel-troth’.

†4. Christian Church. Of or relating to one of the apostolic epistles, esp. as a reading forming part of a church service. Cf. epistle n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > parts of service > epistle > [adjective]

epistolarc1450

epistolary1707

1707 W. Nicholls Sunday & Holiday Service Bk. Common Prayer 96 They are called Epistles, because for the most part they are some short Portions of the Epistolary Books in the New Testament.

1722 R. Smalbroke Enq. Complutensian Ed. New Test. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 490 The Church of England has..prescrib'd the publick Reading of it in one of her Epistolary Sections.

a1829 E. T. Vaughan Expository Serm. (1843) xx. 431 The propriety with which a portion of the epistolary writings is introduced into this service.

B. n.

1. A book of collected letters; spec. an epistolary novel.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > other types of novel

political novel1735

comic novel1787

epistolary1804

autobiographical novel1832

Robinsonade1837

roman1867

sea-book1867

roman à clef1882

roman expérimental1884

hill-top novel1895

saga1895

Bildungsroman1910

pulp fiction1931

American Gothic1938

Künstlerroman1941

suspense novel1952

nouveau roman1959

sword and sorcery1961

graphic novel1964

non-fiction novel1965

schlockbuster1966

dark fantasy1968

celebrity novel1969

swashbuckler1975

chick lit1988

splatterpunk1988

Aga saga1992

1804 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 119/2 She then alludes to the mode in which Richardson wrote the epistolary.

1876 R. Harrison tr. A. von Reumont Lorenzo de' Medici I. iii. 465 Though a good portion of the literary and even political history of the time is found in printed collections of letters.., in most of these epistolaries there is much mere wordiness.

1920 K. Lambley Teaching & Cultiv. French Lang. i. 17 Guides to letter-writing in French, in the form of epistolaries or collections of model letters.

1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 810 Peasant diaries, popular epistolaries, songsters, and books of occasional ritual poetry.

2007 T. P. Tsomondo Not so Blank ‘Blank Page’ ii. 41 Pamela and Clarissa are epistolaries.

†2. Chiefly literary. With the. That which is epistolary; letter-writing as a practice or form. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1812 Examiner 30 Nov. 753/1 Your Royal Highness stands upon record for your love of the epistolary.

1852 H. Melville Pierre xv. ii. 305 His capriciousness in the matter of the epistolary—‘Dear Pierres’ and ‘Dearest Pierres’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epistolary
释义	epistolaryadj.n. Brit. /ᵻˈpɪstəl(ə)ri/, /ᵻˈpɪstl̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /ᵻˈpɪstəˌlɛri/, /ˌɛpəˈstɑləri/ Forms: 1600s epistolarie, 1600s– epistolary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin epistolarius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin epistolarius (also epistularius ) of or relating to letters or letter-writing (6th cent.) < classical Latin epistola epistle n. + -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare French épistolaire , adjective (1542 in Middle French as epistolaire ). Compare earlier epistolar adj.In sense A. 4 after epistle n. 2. A. adj. 1. Chiefly literary. Of or relating to letters or letter-writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [adjective] paper1592 epistolical1615 epistolary1627 epistolar1649 literal1650 literary1656 epistolic1670 epistolatory1675 1627 tr. Cicero Lessons & Exercises (title page) Lessons and exercises out of Cicero Ad Atticum, for such as desire to habituate themselues..in Cicero's epistolarie Latine. 1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. b2 The style of them [sc. the following verses] is, what it ought to be, Epistolary. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 87. ⁋2 The Rules of Epistolary Writing. 1730 Swift's Corr. in Wks. (1841) II. 636 I seek no epistolary fame. 1780 W. Cowper Let. 16 Mar. (1979) I. 323 I saw the reason of your Epistolary Brevity. 1852 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. xiii. 231 My excellent little maid..has every talent except the talent epistolary. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 188/2 ‘Your Reverence’ has disappeared as an epistolary salutation. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating xi. 243 Special forms, e.g. poetry, liturgy, parables, proverbs, epigrams and epistolary formulae, are all important factors in determining meaning. 2008 D. Lodge Deaf Sentence (2009) vii. 94 I read an article by him about the effect of email on epistolary style which made me think he would be a good person to work with. 2. Contained in letters, carried on by letters; (esp. in epistolary novel) in the form of letters. ΚΠ 1636 P. Heylyn Coale from Altar Introd. 6 Wee will discend to those three particulars, which are insisted on in that Epistolarie discourse. 1706 H. Dodwell (title) An Epistolary Discourse, proving from the Scriptures..that the Soul is a Principle naturally Mortal. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶1 I do intend to continue my Epistolary Correspondence with thee. a1826 T. Jefferson in Sir J. Sinclair's Corr. (1831) II. 48 I recall..the days of our former intercourse, personal and epistolary. 1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 52 In the epistolary portions of the New Testament, written by the Apostles. 1909 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 30 79 No one is surprised at the epistolary novel with its trick of expunging the author of the story. 1969 G. Greene Coll. Ess. II. ii. 85 He recognized the inadequacy of Pamela, of the epistolary novel, to satisfy the hunger of the age. 1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. July 18/1 Smollett borrowed Richardson's epistolary form for The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. 2010 Newsweek (Nexis) 12 Apr. 54 In Dear John, a soldier overseas has a gushing, epistolary romance with his girlfriend back home. 3. Of, relating to, or designating a letter of dedication occurring as a preface to a literary work (see epistle n. 1c). ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [adjective] > dedication dedicatory1565 epistolar1579 dedicated1609 epistolary1646 1646 J. Brinsley Araignm. Present Schism To Rdr. sig. A2 Onely for thy satisfaction take this breif Epistolary Declaration. 1681 T. Manningham Two Disc. 63 (T.) Scarce allowing the author one epistolary compliment. 1738 W. Robinson Intriguing Milliners & Attornies Clerks Pref. sig. A6 (heading) An epistolary preface from a gentleman in London, to his brother at Preston in Lancashire. a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 107 Or with epistolary bow, Have prefac'd, as I scarce know how. 1811 Gentleman's Mag. May 446/1 The Treatise is introduced with two epistolary dedications. 1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXXII. 249/2 There is an epistolary preface to a friend called Gervase. 1993 B. K. Lewalski Writing Women in Jacobean Eng. ii. vi. 154 In the first printing,..the epistolary preface was signed ‘Thomas Tel-troth’. †4. Christian Church. Of or relating to one of the apostolic epistles, esp. as a reading forming part of a church service. Cf. epistle n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > epistle > [adjective] epistolarc1450 epistolary1707 1707 W. Nicholls Sunday & Holiday Service Bk. Common Prayer 96 They are called Epistles, because for the most part they are some short Portions of the Epistolary Books in the New Testament. 1722 R. Smalbroke Enq. Complutensian Ed. New Test. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 490 The Church of England has..prescrib'd the publick Reading of it in one of her Epistolary Sections. a1829 E. T. Vaughan Expository Serm. (1843) xx. 431 The propriety with which a portion of the epistolary writings is introduced into this service. B. n. 1. A book of collected letters; spec. an epistolary novel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > other types of novel political novel1735 comic novel1787 epistolary1804 autobiographical novel1832 Robinsonade1837 roman1867 sea-book1867 roman à clef1882 roman expérimental1884 hill-top novel1895 saga1895 Bildungsroman1910 pulp fiction1931 American Gothic1938 Künstlerroman1941 suspense novel1952 nouveau roman1959 sword and sorcery1961 graphic novel1964 non-fiction novel1965 schlockbuster1966 dark fantasy1968 celebrity novel1969 swashbuckler1975 chick lit1988 splatterpunk1988 Aga saga1992 1804 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 119/2 She then alludes to the mode in which Richardson wrote the epistolary. 1876 R. Harrison tr. A. von Reumont Lorenzo de' Medici I. iii. 465 Though a good portion of the literary and even political history of the time is found in printed collections of letters.., in most of these epistolaries there is much mere wordiness. 1920 K. Lambley Teaching & Cultiv. French Lang. i. 17 Guides to letter-writing in French, in the form of epistolaries or collections of model letters. 1978 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 91 810 Peasant diaries, popular epistolaries, songsters, and books of occasional ritual poetry. 2007 T. P. Tsomondo Not so Blank ‘Blank Page’ ii. 41 Pamela and Clarissa are epistolaries. †2. Chiefly literary. With the. That which is epistolary; letter-writing as a practice or form. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1812 Examiner 30 Nov. 753/1 Your Royal Highness stands upon record for your love of the epistolary. 1852 H. Melville Pierre xv. ii. 305 His capriciousness in the matter of the epistolary—‘Dear Pierres’ and ‘Dearest Pierres’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1627
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