English Dictionary

fee-faw-fum

名詞

古語 広義

A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres. / (archaic, by extension) Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.

日本語の意味

巨人や鬼のような存在が発する、意味のない、または不条理な叫び声としての表現 / （古風な用法で）臆病で無知な者に対し威圧効果を狙った、おどしや誇張表現としての意味

The old storyteller's favorite refrain was fee-faw-fum, a word that always sent shivers down the listeners' spines.

年老いた語り手のお気に入りの繰り返しは、巨人や鬼の意味のない掛け声で、いつも聞き手の背筋をぞくりとさせた。

意味（1）

A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.

The kindly fee-faw-fums of childhood, how many delicious shivers we owe them; the Things that stood behind doors, that trooped into the church when the congregation went out, that lurked in closet corners and under the bed […]

意味（2）

(archaic, by extension) Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.

impudent fee-faw-fums

fee-faw-fums （ plural ）