PEPYS, SAMUEL


Meaning of PEPYS, SAMUEL in English

Pepys, Sam ‧ u ‧ el /piːps, ˈsæmjuəl/ BrE AmE

(1633–1703) an English writer famous for his ↑ diary (=a book in which you write what happens to you each day) , which describes his personal life and the important events of the time, such as the ↑ Great Fire of London , and gives a lot of information about what life was like at the time. At the end of his description of each day, he writes ‘And so to bed’.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.