episodic
    adj 1: of writing or narration; divided into or composed of
           episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't
           always hang together"
    2: occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;
       "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn:
       episodic, occasional]
    3: limited in duration to a single episode; "an account
       concerned primarily with episodic events such as the
       succession of rulers"

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