interjection
fī
fī
Classical[ˈfiː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfiː]
Meaning
- pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust
Fi, fi fetet!
Pah, it stinks!
fī, interj.,
I. pah! foh! an expression of disgust at a bad smell:
Fi, fi, fetet! Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 7.fī,
I. imper., from fio, v. facio init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fī
imper. of fio, pass. of facio.
Origins
Compare Sanskrit धिक् (dhik, “fie, shame!”).
Descendants
- Englishfy
- Englishfie
- Esperantofi