Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Episodic
Ep′i·so′dic, Ep′i·so′dic·al, a. [Cf. F. épisodique. 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.