EPOCHAL

epochal, epoch-making

(adjective) highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; “epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill”; “an epoch-making discovery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

epochal (comparative more epochal, superlative most epochal)

of or pertaining to an epoch

highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making

Anagrams

• cephalo-

Source: Wiktionary


Ep"o*chal, a.

Definition: Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. "Epochal points." Shedd.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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