or fie-fie, adj. (common).—Indecent; ‘blue’ or ‘smutty.’ [From FIE = an exclamation signifying contempt, impatience, or disapproval.] A Thackerayean term.
1861. A. TROLLOPE, Framley Parsonage, ch. vi. And then Mrs. Proudie began her story about Mr. Slope, or rather recommenced it. She was very fond of talking about this gentleman who had once been her pet chaplain, but was now her bitterest foe; and, in telling the story, she had sometimes to whisper to Miss Dunstable, for there were one or two FIE-FIE little anecdotes about a married lady, not altogether fit for young Mr. Robart’s ears.
1874. M. and F. COLLINS, Frances, ch. xviii. Flood was a gay bachelor, with a few FIE-FIE stories floating through club atmosphere about him.
