concept
"Fi donc" gallicism
fi donc
A French exclamation of disdain dropped into Russian small talk, a stock affectation of provincial pseudo-sophistication Chekhov mocks throughout his early sketches.
Reading notes
- A Proud Man §3 Fi donc
A French exclamation of disdain ("for shame!") dropped into Russian small talk -- a stock affectation of provincial pseudo-sophistication that Chekhov mocks throughout his early sketches.