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
"The following transcript is a literal copy from the original in the Pepysian library, Cambridge."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
It is not among the Pepysian, Roxburghe, Wood, or Douce ballads, but perhaps some of your readers may be able to point it out in some public or private collection.
From Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850 by Various
Neither the points of resemblance between the modern and the Pepysian methods, nor the points of difference, are flattering to the esteem of ourselves as a literature-loving people.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Sir Sidney Lee
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
