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e⋅pei⋅ric
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ɪˈpaɪ
rɪk
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–adjective
extending inland from a continental margin:
an epeiric sea.
Origin:
1920–25;
< Gk
peir
(
os
) mainland, continent +
-ic
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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epeiric
used in ref. to seas covering continental shelves, 1917, from Gk.
epeiros
"mainland."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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