adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ e-p ə - ' sä-dik also - ' zä-
Variant: also ep · i · sod · i · cal \ -di-k ə l \
Function: adjective
Date: 1711
1 : made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
2 : having the form of an episode
3 : of or limited in duration or significance to a particular episode : TEMPORARY <may be able to establish whether the sea-floor spreading is continuous or episodic ― A. I. Hammond>
4 : occurring, appearing, or changing at usually irregular intervals : OCCASIONAL <an episodic illness>
– ep · i · sod · i · cal · ly \ -di-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb