fie
Americaninterjection
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(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
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(used to express the humorous pretense of being shocked.)
interjection
Etymology
Origin of fie
1250–1300; Middle English fi < Middle French < Latin; compare Old Norse fȳ, Latin phy
Example Sentences
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Fie, his very locomotion is a riddle: “I break into a jog, something close to a full sprint.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2018
After nagging one of his fellow patrons to borrow a diamond-encrusted snuff box, the owner succumbed, but not before scribbling in its lid the Greek letters phi and rho, or "Fie, Rowe!"
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013
Once when Fie was visiting, Violet was sleeping, but Kieran was hungry.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010
We usually picked up the milk from Melissa, but Fie liked to visit and brought us a full ice chest every few weeks.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010
Fie returned, alive but shaken, to tell a remarkable story.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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