fie

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   archaic or literary: an exclamation expressing disgust, disapproval, shame, or outrage, often followed by on or upon

   Fie on anyone who would mock a frightened child.

From Middle English fy, from Old French fi, an exclamation of disgust, probably related to Latin fi. Old Norse fy may also have influenced the English form. Once common in rebukes such as fie on you, it now survives mainly in historical, theatrical, or deliberately playful language.

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