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epochal

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ep⋅och⋅al

  [ep-uh-kuhl or, especially Brit., ee-po-]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an epoch.
2. extremely important, significant, or influential.
Origin:
1675–85; epoch + -al 1

Related forms:
ep⋅och⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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ep·och·al   (ěp'ə-kəl, -ŏk'əl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or characteristic of an epoch.

    1. Highly significant or important; momentous: epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill.

    2. Without parallel: epochal stupidity.

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