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English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Interjection
faugh
- (dated) An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell.
- Synonyms: yuck, bah; see also Thesaurus:yuck, Thesaurus:bah
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. (First Quarto), London: N O for Thomas Walkley, , published 1622, →OCLC, , page 89:Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
- 1900 Mary Harriott Norris (editor), 1823 Walter Scott (author), Quentin Durward, American Book Company, page 24:
- The very scent of the carrion—faugh—reached my nostrils at the distance where we stood.
1922, D H Lawrence, “Introduction”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 4:The orthodox religious world says faugh! to sex. Whereupon we thank Freud for giving them tit for tat.
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