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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fyinterj.
A word of blame and disapprobation.
Etymology: fy, French and Flemish; φευ, Greek; vah, Lat.
And fy on fortune, mine avowed foe,
Whose wrathful wreaks themselves do now allay. Fa. Queen.Fy, my lord, fy! a soldier, and afraid? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
A bawd, sir, fy upon him! William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.
But fy, my wand’ring muse, how thou do’st stray!
Expectance calls thee now another way. John Milton.Nay, fy, what mean you in this open place?
Unhand me, or, I swear, I’ll scratch your face:
Let go, for shame; you make me mad for spite:
My mouth’s my own; and if you kiss, I’ll bite. Dryden.Fy, madam, he cried, we must be past all these gaities. Tatler, №. 54.
Webster Dictionary
Fy
a word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie
Etymology: [Through French verbs in -fier, L. -ficare, akin to facere to do, make. See Fact.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fy
fī, interj. Same as Fie.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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