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fy

fy is the archaic form of fie.

Meaning of fie

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.
    • Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Noun capitalized: FY

FY (plural FYs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of fiscal year.
    • For example, in FY 2016 the U.S. Department of Agriculture has budgeted more than $1.4 billion to spend on its own research through the Agricultural Research Service.2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 205
    • It cites a report by the Human Rights Campaign that found "anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation and harmful rhetoric" increased by 400 percent following the passage of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill in 2022, as well as a report by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations that found that "hate...2025 July 24, Sophia Mandt, “California Is Advancing a Bill To Punish Social Media Companies for Not Suppressing Speech”, in Reason
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of financial year.

Phrase capitalized: FY

FY

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism, vulgar) Initialism of fuck you.
  2. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism, vulgar) Initialism of fuck yeah.

Forms of fy

pluralFYs

Words formed from fy

Questions about fy

What is fy the archaic form of?
Fy is the archaic form of fie.
What part of speech is fy?
Fy can be a noun or a phrase.
What is the plural of fy?
The plural of fy is FYs.

Words near fy in the dictionary

  1. FXAAs
  2. FXI
  3. FXII
  4. FXIII
  5. FXML
  6. fy
  7. fya
  8. Fyall
  9. Fyalls
  10. Fyans Creek
  11. Fyansford

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fy (page history and authors); FY (page history and authors); fie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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