Pepys

American  

[peeps, peps, pee-pis, pep-is] / pips, pɛps, ˈpi pɪs, ˈpɛp ɪs /

noun

1. Samuel, 1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.

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Pepys British  

/ piːps /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Pepysian adjective

Example Sentences

Samuel Pepys knew him; the British diarist thought him “a perfidious rogue.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

His wife died soon after the couple went on a trip to Paris in 1669 and Miss Avidon believed "these prints of fashionable young women must have reminded Pepys of Elizabeth".

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

The chronicler Samuel Pepys recorded that she "commands the King as much as ever, and hath and doth what she will."

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022

One account came from Samuel Pepys, a navy administrator who was a prolific diarist from 1660 to 1669 and kept detailed descriptions of his daily activities.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

Any of this would have been enough to make Hooke famous and delight readers such as Samuel Pepys.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin