Fie Definition

fī
interjection
For shame.
Webster's New World
Used to express distaste or disapproval.
American Heritage
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Origin of Fie

  • From Latin fi via Old French and Middle English (with a possible additional influence from Old Norse).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English fi from Old French of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fie Sentence Examples

  • His piety was genuine; simple and pure, he was shocked at any suggestion of impropriety, but his rebuke was only " Fie, for shame!

  • Berthold of Regensburg (c. 1270) says, " Fie, penny-preacher r.

  • Ac hijs wylle was in fie wylle of oure Lord, and he schat.

  • Blessed is Pat man fiat haft not gone in fie counsell of wicked men, and in fie weye of sinfull men hap not stonde, and in fie chaire of pestilence sat not.

  • But in fie lawe of our lorde is pe wille of him; and [in] his lawe we shall finke day and nyght.

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