Pepys

[peeps, peps, pee-pis, pep-is]

Pepys

[peeps, peps, pee-pis, pep-is]
noun
Samuel, 1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.
Pepys·i·an [peep-see-uhn, pep-] , adjective
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Pepys is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Pepys (piːps)
 
n
Samuel. 1633--1703, English diarist and naval administrator. His diary, which covers the period 1660--69, is a vivid account of London life through such disasters as the Great Plague, the Fire of London, and the intrusion of the Dutch fleet up the Thames

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