epigraphic

American  

[ep-i-graf-ik] / ˌɛp ɪˈgræf ɪk /

Also epigraphical

adjective

1. of or relating to epigraphs or epigraphy.

2. of the style characteristic of epigraphs.

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Other Word Forms

• epigraphically adverb

Etymology

Origin of epigraphic

First recorded in 1855–60; epigraph + -ic

Example Sentences

The stone bore a Khmer epigraphic inscription that included the date for the Khmer year 605, reckoned within the Hindu Saka system, a historical calendar based on the rule of the Indian emperor Shalivahana.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2022

Lot 104, an “important epigraphic panel with interlacings from the palace of Mas’ud III,” was dated to the 12th century, from the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire, in what is today Afghanistan.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

This epigraphic tendency is also evident in an alam, or royal standard, made of perforated gilt copper in the silhouette of a falcon.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015

And no contemplation of the epigraph would be complete without a mention of George Eliot. Middlemarch is an epigraphic master-class, each of the 86 chapters coloured by an introductory source.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010

Even Colonel Tod by no means held this view in its entirety, and modern epigraphic research has caused its partial or complete abandonment Mr. V.A.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)