† pepst, ? pa. pple. or a. Obs.
[Origin unknown.]
‘Apparently a term for intoxicated’ (Nares).
| 1577 Kendall Fl. Epigr. Lviij, Thou drunken faindst thy⁓self of late: Thou three daies after slepst: How wilt thou slepe with drinke in deede, When thou art throughly pepst? |