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episodes

[ep-uh-sohd, -zohd] Origin

ep·i·sode

[ep-uh-sohd, -zohd]
noun
1.
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
2.
an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.
3.
one of a number of loosely connected, but usually thematically related, scenes or stories constituting a literary work.
5.
Music. an intermediate or digressive passage, especially in a contrapuntal composition.
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6.
Movies, Radio, and Television. any one of the separate productions that constitute a serial.
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Origin:
1670–80; < Greek epeisódion addition, episode, noun use of neuter of epeisódios coming in addition, equivalent to ep- ep- + eísod(os) entrance (eis- into + (h)odós road, way) + -ios adj. suffix


1. happening. See event.

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Episodes is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

episode
1678, from Gk. epeisodion "addition," originally neut. of epeisodios "coming in besides," from epi- "in addition" + eisodos "a coming in, entrance" (from eis "into" + hodos "way"). Originally commentary between two choric songs in Gk. tragedy; extended by 1679 to "any incidental narrative or digression
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in a story, poem, etc." Sense of "outstanding incident, experience" first recorded in Eng. 1773.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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