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单词 epochal
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epochaladj.

/ˈɛpəkəl/
Etymology: < epoch n. + -al suffix1.
1. Of or pertaining to an epoch or epochs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > period > [adjective]
epochal1685
periodical1825
eral1861
periodic1884
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 376 If the Epochal note should fall out either before the beginning of the first Semitime, etc.
1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 355 Shakespeare has given such a national tinge and epochal propriety to his characters.
1847 J. Hare Victorian Faith 67 We..hear the striking of one of its [Time's] epochal hours.
1865 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe xxvi. 617 The three distinct modes of life occur in an epochal order.
2. Of the nature of an epoch; forming an epoch; epoch-making.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice
specialc1405
eminentc1420
markablec1449
noteworthy1552
regardable1572
respectable1584
of —— observation1587
considerable1589
of (great, little, etc.) mark1590
signal1591
remarkable1593
conspicuous1604
noble1604
observative1608
observable1609
significant1642
noteful1644
signalized1652
tall1655
curious1682
notice-worthy1713
unco1724
noticeable1793
handsome1813
epoch-forming1816
measurable1839
epochal1857
epoch-making1863
era-making1894
epoch-marking1895
high profile1950
landmark1959
1857 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Oct. 389 The..epochal crises of affairs.
1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man ii. 80 [David Hume's] place in the history of philosophy is of epochal importance.
1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World vi. 127 Warring..has suggested that the Mosaic days are epochal days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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