| 单词 |
Pepysian |
| 释义 |
Pepysian, a.|ˈpiːpsɪən|
[f. the name of Samuel Pepys, diarist (1633–1703) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Pepys, his writings, his library, or the age in which he lived. So Pepysiˈana n. pl.
1786in Wks. James I of Scotl. 98 Dr Percy informs us, that this poem is preserved in the Pepysian Library, at Magdalen College, Cambridge. 1847E. F. Rimbault Nursery Rhymes p. viii, The popular rhyme ‘Three Children sliding on the Ice’..is part of a ballad preserved in the Pepysian collection. 1899H. B. Wheatley Diary of Samuel Pepys: Suppl. Vol. (title) Pepysiana. 1920Glasgow Herald 21 Sept. 8 Amid the distractions of business he cultivated his early literary bent and kept a diary wherein, with Pepysian frankness,..he chronicled his doings. 1927W. Deeping Kitty xxx. 385 He was a Pepysian soul and kept a diary. 1927J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation iv. 119 The Pepysian interest in complete record of all facts centring on self. 1927W. H. Whitear (title) More Pepysiana: being notes on the Diary of Samuel Pepys and on the genealogy of the family, with corrected pedigrees. 1934Punch 19 Dec. 699/3 Builders' models of the Pepysian and later periods, rigged models of Dutch Indiamen,..reconstructed models by present-day experts, all find a place in this fascinating gallery. |
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