fiducial

[Low Lat. fiducial is, from Lat. fiducia trust; fido =to trust; fides =faith, trust.] 1. Confident, undoubting, sure, firm. 2. Of the nature of a trust; fiduciary. fi-du-çi-al-ly, adv . [Eng. fiducial ; -ly.] Ina confident or undoubting manner; with confidence. fi-du-çi-ar-, *fi-du-ci-ar-ie, a. & s. [Latin fiduciarius , from fiducia confidence, trust.] A. As adjective : 1. Confident, undoubting, unwavering, steady, firm. 2. Not to be doubted. 3. Of the nature of a trust. B. As substantive: 1. One who holds anything in trust; a trustee. 2. One who depends for salvation upon faith without works; an antinomian. ( Hammond .) fie, fy, interj . [Icel. fý , fei ; Dan. & Sw.fy; O. Fr. fi , fy , fye ; Fr. fi ; Ger. pfui ; Lat. phui : all expre ions of contempt or disgust, due to the idea of blowing away.] An exclamation indicating contempt, disgust, shame, or impatience. "Fie! Fie! Do not lose time. Make haste, and get all over before he comes back." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xvi. fie, a. [FEY.] Under the influence of fate. ""I think,' said the old gardener, to one of the maids, 'the gauger's fie ;' by which word the common people expre those violent spirits which they think a presage of death."-Scott: Guy Manner ing , ch. ix.