Pepysian

English

Etymology

Pepys +‎ -ian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːpsiən/

Adjective

Pepysian (comparative more Pepysian, superlative most Pepysian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famed for his diary kept during the time of the Great Plague of London and Great Fire of London.
    • 2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian‎:
      His memoir In the Sixties (2002) sets out the philosophy of the revolution, while recording its absurdities with a Pepysian eye.

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