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# fie

interjection

«fie» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

an exclamation that shows disgust or disapproval. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fie/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say shame or yuck.

### Examples

- "Fie on the villain that forsook her!" (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fie/#x1)
- His fis' stuck, en he can't pull loose. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fie/#x2)
- “Fie!” said he. “How naughty a boy Cupid is! (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fie/#x3)

### Note

Today: shame!.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fie» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fie» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/fie.html) on Mova free.