epistolary英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.

形容词 adj.

Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
Carried on by written correspondence.

— an epistolary relationship
In the manner of written correspondence.

— epistolary style

词形变化

more epistolary comparative most epistolary superlative epistolaries plural

词汇关系

衍生词

epistolarily unepistolary

词源

词源 1

1627, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.

词源 2

1627, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.