Septimus

American  

[sep-tuh-muhs] / ˈsɛp tə məs /

noun

1. a male given name.

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Example Sentences

By the time her guests are filtering out, the sweet peas and other stems serve as a symbolic wreath for Septimus, the shellshocked soldier whose suicide she feels has spoiled the occasion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Woolf’s most famous book is about an upper-class woman’s busy day, sure, but it’s also about the ways in which she is caged by the very expectations that come with her privilege, and it’s counterbalanced by the cultural uneasiness following World War I and the delusions and ultimate suicide of the novel’s other main character, PTSD-ridden Septimus Smith.

From Los Angeles Times

The landowners sold the site in 1926 to Septimus Wray, a pleasure garden entrepreneur who began opening the caverns to visitors.

From BBC

“In particular, fatigue and loss of taste and smell can persist beyond the period of contagion,” Septimus wrote recently.

From Washington Post

Some coronavirus symptoms may also last longer than others, said Joshua Septimus, a medical director in the Houston Methodist health-care system.

From Washington Post