Dictionary entry

Episodic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ep′i‐so″dic (?), Ep′i‐so″dic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. épisodique. See Episode.] Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. — Ep′i‐so″dic‐al‐ly, adv.

Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. H. James.