'Episodic' definitions:
Definition of 'episodic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"
adjective
Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn: episodic, occasional]
adjective
Limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"
Definition of 'Episodic'
From: GCIDE
- Episodic \Ep`i*so"dic\, Episodical \Ep`i*so"dic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]pisodique. See Episode.] Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. -- {Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. --H. James. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'episodic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aimless,
- broken,
- broken off,
- by the way,
- chopped-off,
- choppy,
- decousu,
- desultory,
- deviative,
- digressive,
- disconnected,
- discontinued,
- discontinuous,
- discrete,
- discursive,
- disjunctive,
- excursive,
- fitful,
- herky-jerky,
- incoherent,
- intercalary,
- interjectional,
- intermittent,
- interpolative,
- interrupted,
- irregular,
- jagged,
- jerky,
- loose,
- maundering,
- noncontinuous,
- nonlinear,
- nonsequential,
- nonserial,
- nonuniform,
- parenthetic,
- parenthetical,
- patchy,
- rambling,
- roving,
- scrappy,
- snatchy,
- spasmodic,
- spotty,
- suspended,
- unconnected,
- unjoined,
- unsuccessive,
- wandering