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fie

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fie  (f)
interj.
Used to express distaste or disapproval.

[Middle English fi, from Old French, of imitative origin.]

fie [faɪ]
interj
Obsolete or facetious an exclamation of distaste or mock dismay
[from Old French fi, from Latin , exclamation of disgust]
Translations
fie (archaic) [faɪ] EXCL fie on him!¡al diablo con él!
fie
interj (old)pfui; fie on you!pfui!, schämen Sie sich!


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From the rabble have we gone out of the way, from all those bawlers and scribe-blowflies, from the trader-stench, the ambition-fidgeting, the bad breath--: fie, to live among the rabble;
Fie for shame on ye for saying what ye've joost said--to me that was a fether to ye at Craig Fernie
Fie for shame, that you are so hard upon us poor maligned disciplinarians of our sex, for your sakes
 
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