Pronounced: shop (alt: skop), noun
Notes: I would not have guessed the first pronunciation
Yesterday’s word
The word epistolary means
- of, relating to, or suitable to a letter
- contained in or carried on by letters
- written in the form of a series of letters
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1600s
Background / Comments
If you think that our word looks related to “epistle”, you are right – it was formed from that word. I have run across the last meaning, but didn’t know our word could be used to describe it — the first chapter of the Lord Peter Wimsey novel Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers is written in an epistolary format; it is a collection of letters from various people, describing what has gone on thus far (from various points of view).
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