ep·i·cho·ric \|epə|kōrik, -kȯr-, -kär-\adjective Etymology: Greek epichōrios of a certain country, in a certain country, local (from epi- + -chōrios, from chōra land, country, place) + English -ic : peculiar to a limited area : local — used of ancient Greek alphabets < every town, certainly every region, had its own epichoric script — H.M.Hoenigswald >