Pepys
noun
Samuel, 1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.
Pepysian
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a word derived from
Pepys.
Example Sentences
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Marian's letters to papa were a Sunday ritual, and in them she re-created the Washington merry-go-round of her day with Pepysian verve and caustic charm.
From Time Magazine Archive
It reveals him to us as a man of immense mental activity and power of observation, hard humorous common-sense, and an almost Pepysian interest in all the doings of mankind.
From The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 by William Kirk Dickson
There are, in the Pepysian Collection, several ballads written after Monmouth's death which represent him as living, and predict his speedy return.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
And finally, I would like to thank the unknown author of the Pepysian Gospel Harmony MS 2498 for bringing me joy.
From The Gospels in Four Part Harmony by J. Clontz
Many of the section headings for this book come from The Pepysian Gospel Harmony, 1922 Oxford edition; Margery Goates, Editor.
From The Gospels in Four Part Harmony by J. Clontz
