fie

[ fahy ]

/ faɪ /

interjection

(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)

(used to express the humorous pretense of being shocked.)

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Origin of fie

1250–1300; Middle English fi < Middle French < Latin; compare Old Norse fȳ, Latin phy

Words nearby fie

fiducial, fiduciary, fiduciary bond, fiduciary issue, fidus achates, fie, fiedler, fief, fiefdom, field, field ambulance

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Example sentences from the Web for fie

Fie on frustrated feminists: If you are an Orthodox woman, you can have it all.
David Brooks In The Supermarket Aisles Of Judaism|Gershom Gorenberg|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The new movie Anonymous says Shakespeare was a fraud and has literary scholars screaming “Fie!”
Was Shakespeare a Fraud?|Chris Lee|October 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Fie, Peter, let Miranda dance if she will; I should love to see her.
An Unwilling Maid|Jeanie Gould Lincoln
Fie, moody one, brewing melancholy when her man is so happy!
Flemish Legends|Charles de Coster

This, indeed, moved me not; with a calm demeanor I bid the wench follow me, and to that faithless knave I cried: "Fie!"
Margery [Gred], Complete|Georg Ebers
I was so stuck up over his compliments that I began flouncing around with my head held high, like the picture of 'Oh, fie!
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor|Annie Fellows Johnston
Fie upon such folly, say I, and heaven grant that those who want more sense may have it.
Child Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for fie

fie

/ (faɪ) /

interjection

obsolete, or facetious an exclamation of distaste or mock dismay

Word Origin for fie

C13: from Old French fi, from Latin fī, exclamation of disgust

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