fi-fi

adjective

Scandalous; immoral; applied to literature and stories.

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Meanings

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

comparative more fi-fi · superlative most fi-fi

  1. datedScandalous; 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
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APA

fi-fi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fi-fi

MLA

“fi-fi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fi-fi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fi-fi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fi-fi.

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