a. [f. prec. + -AL.] Of the nature of an epitome.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., Annot. D ij b. Of her [Zenobia’s] … skill in languages, writing of an Epitomicall Hystorie, and training up of her children in learning, read [etc.].
1660. S. Fisher, Rustick’s Alarm, B iij b. A kind of Epitomical Repetition.
1842. Mrs. Browning, Grk. Chr. Poets, 188. Our literature is rich in ballads, a form epitomical of the epic and dramatic.
