fee-faw-fumn.

Brit.

/ˌfiːˌfɔːˈfʌm/, U.S.

/ˌfiˌfɔˈfəm/,

/ˌfiˌfɑˈfəm/

Forms:

α. 1600s fy fo and fum.

β. 1600s fie foh fumme, 1600s–1800s fee fa fum, 1700s–1800s fee fo fum, 1700s– fee faw fum, 1700s– fe fo fum.

γ. 1700s– fe fi fo fum, 1800s– fee fie fo fum, 1800s– fee fi fo fum.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fie int., faugh int., English fum , and conj.¹

Etymology: Probably < fie int. + faugh int. + the arbitrary syllable fum, in α. forms with insertion of and conj.¹ before the final element. The γ. forms probably show reduplication of the first element in a variant spelling.

1. The first line of doggerel spoken by the giant in the nursery tale of ‘Jack the giant killer’ upon discovering the presence of Jack.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry > specific line of doggerel

fee-faw-fum1608

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 169 His word was still fy fo and fum, I smell the bloud of a British man.

1711 Chap-bk., Jack & the Giants 11 Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum I smell the Blood of an English Man.

a. An exclamation indicating a murderous intention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > expression to cause alarm [interjection] > indication of murderous intention

fee-faw-fum1690

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > [adjective] > alarming > indicating murderous intention

fee-faw-fum1690

1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon ii. i. 13 The bloody Villain is at his fee, fa, fum, already.

1855 R. Browning Lovers' Quarrel xix, in Men & Women I. 16 The valiant Thumb Facing the castle glum And the giant's fee-faw-fum!

b. Nonsense, fitted only to terrify children. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun]

magged talea1387

moonshine1468

trumperyc1485

foolishness1531

trash1542

baggage1545

flim-flam1570

gear1570

rubbisha1576

fiddle-faddle1577

stuff1579

fible-fable1581

balductum1593

pill1608

nonsense1612

skimble-skamble1619

porridge1642

mataeology1656

fiddle-come-faddle1663

apple sauce1672

balderdash1674

flummery1749

slang1762

all my eye1763

diddle-daddle1778

(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781

twaddle1782

blancmange1790

fudge1791

twiddle-twaddle1798

bothering1803

fee-faw-fum1811

slip-slop1811

nash-gab1816

flitter-tripe1822

effutiation1823

bladderdash1826

ráiméis1828

fiddlededee1843

pickles1846

rot1846

kelter1847

bosh1850

flummadiddle1850

poppycock1852

Barnum1856

fribble-frabble1859

kibosh1860

skittle1864

cod1866

Collyweston1867

punk1869

slush1869

stupidness1873

bilge-water1878

flapdoodle1878

tommyrot1880

ruck1882

piffle1884

flamdoodle1888

razzmatazz1888

balls1889

pop1890

narrischkeit1892

tosh1892

footle1894

tripe1895

crap1898

bunk1900

junk1906

quatsch1907

bilge1908

B.S.1912

bellywash1913

jazz1913

wash1913

bullshit?1915

kid-stakes1916

hokum1917

bollock1919

bullsh1919

bushwa1920

noise1920

bish-bosh1922

malarkey1923

posh1923

hooey1924

shit1924

heifer dust1927

madam1927

baloney1928

horse feathers1928

phonus-bolonus1929

rhubarb1929

spinach1929

toffeea1930

tomtit1930

hockey1931

phoney baloney1933

moody1934

cockalorum1936

cock1937

mess1937

waffle1937

berley1941

bull dust1943

crud1943

globaloney1943

hubba-hubba1944

pish1944

phooey1946

asswipe1947

chickenshit1947

slag1948

batshit1950

goop1950

slop1952

cack1954

doo-doo1954

cobbler1955

horse shit1955

nyamps1955

pony1956

horse manure1957

waffling1958

bird shit1959

codswallop1959

how's your father1959

dog shit1963

cods1965

shmegegge1968

pucky1970

taradiddle1970

mouthwash1971

wank1974

gobshite1977

mince1985

toss1990

arse1993

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [noun] > one who or that which inspires fear > something fit only to frighten a baby > nonsense

fee-faw-fum1811

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum I am not to be frightened by fee, faw, fum.

1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 321 They have..none of the fee-faw-fum of Tasso and Klopstock.

1830 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 10 The fee-fa-fum style of rhetoric.

a1850 M. F. Ossoli At Home & Abroad (1856) 400 It is they who invent all the ‘fe, fo, fum’ stories about Italy.

1890 Rev. of Reviews 2 538/2 This is all fee-faw-fum.

3. Used to express ‘a blood-thirsty person’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > bloodthirsty person > [noun]

cannibal1563

Lestrigon1605

blood-drinker1630

fee-faw-fum1680

Lestrigoniana1887

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun] > bloodthirsty person

bloodhoundc1440

cannibal1563

blood-hunter1592

Lestrigon1605

fee-faw-fum1680

Lestrigoniana1887

blood-drinker1898

gorehound1920

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 51 That Fe-fa-fum of a Keeper wou'd have smelt the blood of a Cuckold-maker.

1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xiv. 149 I feel so much of the fee, fa, fum about me, that I can scarcely ask you to trust yourself with me.

Derivatives

fee-faw-fumish adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [adjective]

tooma1250

beggarly1526

trumpery1576

balductum1577

skimble-skamble1598

nonsense1621

warbling1621

flim-flam1631

nonsensical1645

unsensical1692

fiddlecome1697

waffling1698

mataeological1716

flummery1749

water-gruelish1788

slip-sloppish1797

twaddling1804

twaddle1830

twaddly1841

fee-faw-fumish1846

poppycock1852

boshy1860

twaddlesome1865

moonshiny1880

cockalorum1881

tommyrotic1894

crappy1928

ballsy1942

farkakte1960

1846 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. in Life ii. 81 The note in this proof sounds just as fee-fo-fumish as the other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fee-faw-fum
释义	fee-faw-fumn. Brit. /ˌfiːˌfɔːˈfʌm/, U.S. /ˌfiˌfɔˈfəm/, /ˌfiˌfɑˈfəm/ Forms: α. 1600s fy fo and fum. β. 1600s fie foh fumme, 1600s–1800s fee fa fum, 1700s–1800s fee fo fum, 1700s– fee faw fum, 1700s– fe fo fum. γ. 1700s– fe fi fo fum, 1800s– fee fie fo fum, 1800s– fee fi fo fum. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fie int., faugh int., English fum , and conj.¹ Etymology: Probably < fie int. + faugh int. + the arbitrary syllable fum, in α. forms with insertion of and conj.¹ before the final element. The γ. forms probably show reduplication of the first element in a variant spelling. 1. The first line of doggerel spoken by the giant in the nursery tale of ‘Jack the giant killer’ upon discovering the presence of Jack. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry > specific line of doggerel fee-faw-fum1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 169 His word was still fy fo and fum, I smell the bloud of a British man. View more context for this quotation 1711 Chap-bk., Jack & the Giants 11 Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum I smell the Blood of an English Man. 2. a. An exclamation indicating a murderous intention. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > expression to cause alarm [interjection] > indication of murderous intention fee-faw-fum1690 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > [adjective] > alarming > indicating murderous intention fee-faw-fum1690 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon ii. i. 13 The bloody Villain is at his fee, fa, fum, already. 1855 R. Browning Lovers' Quarrel xix, in Men & Women I. 16 The valiant Thumb Facing the castle glum And the giant's fee-faw-fum! b. Nonsense, fitted only to terrify children. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] magged talea1387 moonshine1468 trumperyc1485 foolishness1531 trash1542 baggage1545 flim-flam1570 gear1570 rubbisha1576 fiddle-faddle1577 stuff1579 fible-fable1581 balductum1593 pill1608 nonsense1612 skimble-skamble1619 porridge1642 mataeology1656 fiddle-come-faddle1663 apple sauce1672 balderdash1674 flummery1749 slang1762 all my eye1763 diddle-daddle1778 (all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781 twaddle1782 blancmange1790 fudge1791 twiddle-twaddle1798 bothering1803 fee-faw-fum1811 slip-slop1811 nash-gab1816 flitter-tripe1822 effutiation1823 bladderdash1826 ráiméis1828 fiddlededee1843 pickles1846 rot1846 kelter1847 bosh1850 flummadiddle1850 poppycock1852 Barnum1856 fribble-frabble1859 kibosh1860 skittle1864 cod1866 Collyweston1867 punk1869 slush1869 stupidness1873 bilge-water1878 flapdoodle1878 tommyrot1880 ruck1882 piffle1884 flamdoodle1888 razzmatazz1888 balls1889 pop1890 narrischkeit1892 tosh1892 footle1894 tripe1895 crap1898 bunk1900 junk1906 quatsch1907 bilge1908 B.S.1912 bellywash1913 jazz1913 wash1913 bullshit?1915 kid-stakes1916 hokum1917 bollock1919 bullsh1919 bushwa1920 noise1920 bish-bosh1922 malarkey1923 posh1923 hooey1924 shit1924 heifer dust1927 madam1927 baloney1928 horse feathers1928 phonus-bolonus1929 rhubarb1929 spinach1929 toffeea1930 tomtit1930 hockey1931 phoney baloney1933 moody1934 cockalorum1936 cock1937 mess1937 waffle1937 berley1941 bull dust1943 crud1943 globaloney1943 hubba-hubba1944 pish1944 phooey1946 asswipe1947 chickenshit1947 slag1948 batshit1950 goop1950 slop1952 cack1954 doo-doo1954 cobbler1955 horse shit1955 nyamps1955 pony1956 horse manure1957 waffling1958 bird shit1959 codswallop1959 how's your father1959 dog shit1963 cods1965 shmegegge1968 pucky1970 taradiddle1970 mouthwash1971 wank1974 gobshite1977 mince1985 toss1990 arse1993 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [noun] > one who or that which inspires fear > something fit only to frighten a baby > nonsense fee-faw-fum1811 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum I am not to be frightened by fee, faw, fum. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 321 They have..none of the fee-faw-fum of Tasso and Klopstock. 1830 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 10 The fee-fa-fum style of rhetoric. a1850 M. F. Ossoli At Home & Abroad (1856) 400 It is they who invent all the ‘fe, fo, fum’ stories about Italy. 1890 Rev. of Reviews 2 538/2 This is all fee-faw-fum. 3. Used to express ‘a blood-thirsty person’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > bloodthirsty person > [noun] cannibal1563 Lestrigon1605 blood-drinker1630 fee-faw-fum1680 Lestrigoniana1887 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun] > bloodthirsty person bloodhoundc1440 cannibal1563 blood-hunter1592 Lestrigon1605 fee-faw-fum1680 Lestrigoniana1887 blood-drinker1898 gorehound1920 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 51 That Fe-fa-fum of a Keeper wou'd have smelt the blood of a Cuckold-maker. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xiv. 149 I feel so much of the fee, fa, fum about me, that I can scarcely ask you to trust yourself with me. Derivatives fee-faw-fumish adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [adjective] tooma1250 beggarly1526 trumpery1576 balductum1577 skimble-skamble1598 nonsense1621 warbling1621 flim-flam1631 nonsensical1645 unsensical1692 fiddlecome1697 waffling1698 mataeological1716 flummery1749 water-gruelish1788 slip-sloppish1797 twaddling1804 twaddle1830 twaddly1841 fee-faw-fumish1846 poppycock1852 boshy1860 twaddlesome1865 moonshiny1880 cockalorum1881 tommyrotic1894 crappy1928 ballsy1942 farkakte1960 1846 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. in Life ii. 81 The note in this proof sounds just as fee-fo-fumish as the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1608
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