fiddle-de-dee

American  

[fid-l-di-dee] / ˌfɪd l dɪˈdi /

Or fiddlededee,

interjection

1. (used to express irritation, dismissive indifference, or scorn.)

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fiddle-de-dee British  

/ ˌfɪdəldɪˈdiː /

interjection

1. rare an exclamation of impatience, disbelief, or disagreement

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Etymology

Origin of fiddle-de-dee

1775–85; fiddle + -de- (reduplication prefix) + (Tweedle)dee (in obsolete sense “fiddler”)

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fiddle-de-dee

Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee, The fly shall marry the humble-bee.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

"It's just a bit of fiddle-de-dee," he informed his delighted family.

From Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

All that stuff about self-protection, an' struggle for existence, is just fiddle-de-dee in so far's God's concerned.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

Tush, boy!" murmured my uncle Jervas, lounging gracefully against the balustrade of the terrace again, "Tush and fiddle-de-dee!

From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery

The builders thought this boast a fiddle-de-dee, and invited the musician to fiddle away to his heart's content.

From The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)