Pepys [peeps, peps, pee-pis, pep-is] Examples noun
- Samuel,1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.
Related formsPepys·i·an [peep-see-uh n, pep-] /ˈpip si ən, ˈpɛp-/, adjective Examples from the Web for pepys Historical Examples of pepys
The names of the artists who won Mr. Pepys’ applause have not come down to us.
Dutton Cook
If anybody asks me why I like Pepys, I do not feel obliged to reply.
Maurice Francis Egan
And so home, as Pepys would have said, to breakfast, feeling depressed.
P. G. Wodehouse
With Knollys and Sandys we may put Pepys, for the existence of the dims.
Ernest Weekley
Mr. Pepys would find boats there now if he visited the spot.
Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853
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British Dictionary definitions for pepys Pepys noun
- 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