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fi-fi

fi-fi adjective: scandalous; immoral; applied to literature and stories.

Adjective

fi-fi (comparative more fi-fi, superlative most fi-fi)

  1. (dated) Scandalous; immoral; applied to literature and stories.
    • Virtuous, orthodox, unromantic, respectable, they had not the makings of an Ibsen play or a fi-fi novel among them.1897, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Dulcie Everton, page 34

Forms of fi-fi

comparativemore fi-fi
superlativemost fi-fi

Questions about fi-fi

What does fi-fi mean?
Fi-fi means scandalous; immoral; applied to literature and stories.
What part of speech is fi-fi?
Fi-fi is an adjective.

Words near fi-fi in the dictionary

  1. FHRs
  2. FHS
  3. FHWA
  4. fi
  5. fi fa
  6. fi-fi
  7. fi. fa.
  8. FIA
  9. FIA curbing
  10. Fiacco
  11. Fiaccos

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