ach-y-fi

A form of ych a fi — yuck

OriginWelsh ych a fi →
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Meanings

interjection
  1. misspellingMisspelling of ych a fi.

    That's what my nurse used to say to me when I was a dirty little girl: 'Ach-y-fi'.

    1950, Christianna Brand, Cat & Mouse, page 17
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    Ach-y-fi! there's something mean in that marrying again, to my mind. Whatever my faults are, I'd be faithful to the memory of my love.

    1906, Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe, “The 'Liliwen'”, in Queen of the Rushes, page 84

Origin

  1. Welshych a fi
  2. Englishach-y-fi

Borrowed from Welsh ych a fi with alteration due to the conflating of unstressed a with the Welsh vowel y.

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APA

ach-y-fi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ach-y-fi

MLA

“ach-y-fi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ach-y-fi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ach-y-fi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ach-y-fi.

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