epistolizingn.

Brit.

/ᵻˈpɪstəlʌɪzɪŋ/,

/ᵻˈpɪstl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ᵻˈpɪstəˌlaɪzɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s– epistolizing, 1800s– epistolising.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin epistola , -izing suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin epistola epistle n. + -izing suffix¹. Compare later epistolize v.

Chiefly literary. Now rare.

The action or practice of writing letters.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun]

epistolizing1602

letter writing1637

epistolography1785

epistolization1803

lettering1813

letterizing1824

1602 ‘A. Philalethes’ Answere Fraudulent Let. G. Blackwels Pref. sig. ¶ iij His rude presumptuous Epistolizing to Graces.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxxvii. 119 Cryptology, or Epistolizing in a Clandestin way.

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. xiv. 364 This way of Epistolizing made use of no Notes.

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 283 Do you admire the catechistical form of epistolising?

1907 W. R. Nicoll & T. Seccombe Hist. Eng. Lit. III. vii. vi. 1164 Miss Barrett, with her irrelevant learning, her Greek and Hebrew quotations, her garrulous epistolising round, above, and under each tiniest lover's incident from every point of view.

1937 C. E. Kany Beginnings of Epistolary Novel iv. 73 During this time the lovers, unable to see each other, find consolation in epistolizing.

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

单词	epistolizing
释义	epistolizingn. Brit. /ᵻˈpɪstəlʌɪzɪŋ/, /ᵻˈpɪstl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻˈpɪstəˌlaɪzɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s– epistolizing, 1800s– epistolising. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin epistola , -izing suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin epistola epistle n. + -izing suffix¹. Compare later epistolize v. Chiefly literary. Now rare. The action or practice of writing letters. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] epistolizing1602 letter writing1637 epistolography1785 epistolization1803 lettering1813 letterizing1824 1602 ‘A. Philalethes’ Answere Fraudulent Let. G. Blackwels Pref. sig. ¶ iij His rude presumptuous Epistolizing to Graces. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxxvii. 119 Cryptology, or Epistolizing in a Clandestin way. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. xiv. 364 This way of Epistolizing made use of no Notes. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 283 Do you admire the catechistical form of epistolising? 1907 W. R. Nicoll & T. Seccombe Hist. Eng. Lit. III. vii. vi. 1164 Miss Barrett, with her irrelevant learning, her Greek and Hebrew quotations, her garrulous epistolising round, above, and under each tiniest lover's incident from every point of view. 1937 C. E. Kany Beginnings of Epistolary Novel iv. 73 During this time the lovers, unable to see each other, find consolation in epistolizing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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