1711, from episode + -ic. Episodical is from 1660s.
the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together
episodic in his affections
an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers
episcopacy
episcopal
Episcopalian
episiotomy
episode
episodic
epistasis
epistaxis
epistemic
epistemology
epistle
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