| 单词 | epistolary |
| 释义 | epistolary (once / 9227 pages) adj Any correspondence or communication written in the form of a letter or series of letters is said to be epistolary. They've gone out of fashion now, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the "epistolary novel," written in the form of fictional letters to and from various corespondents, was all the rage. One of the most famous such novels (or at least part epistolary) is Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Epistolary is related to the word epistle, a fancy term for "letter." WORD FAMILYepistolary: epistolarily, epistolatory+/epistle: epistles, epistolary USAGE EXAMPLESIt used the epistolary format that Slate used so much at the beginning, and it was just these incredibly funny, smart emails back and forth. Slate(Sep 26, 2016) The two met in the summer of 1794 and carried on a warm epistolary relationship. The Guardian(Sep 07, 2016) As the English canon’s best-known writer of epistolary novels, Richardson would seem likely to be a noteworthy letter writer in private life. The New Yorker(May 16, 2016) adj written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs Syn epistolatory informal used of spoken and written language |
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