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

But because many of the Ghazni marbles in the Italian database are epigraphic, they can be identified by the writing unique to each of them.

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

Layering on the sources thick, she seems to create a sort of epigraphic narrative of its own.

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)