| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb epiperipherally.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (epiperipherally) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective epiperipheral.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EPIPERIPHERAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Epiperipheral \Ep`i*pe*riph"er*al\, adjective. [Prefix epi- peripheral.]. (references) |
