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.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)