feisty
1feisty — 1896, aggressive, exuberant, touchy, Amer.Eng., with Y (Cf. y) (2) + feist small dog, earlier fice, fist (Amer.Eng., 1805); short for fysting curre stinking cur, attested from 1520s, from M.E. fysten, fisten break wind (mid 15c.); related to O.E …
2feisty — [adj] spirited; touchy active, alive, bubbly, courageous, difficult, enthusiastic, excitable, fiery, frisky, full of pep, game, gritty, gutsy, gutty, high strung, hot blooded, lively, mettlesome, ornery, peppy, quarrelsome, scrappy, sensitive,… …
3feisty — ► ADJECTIVE (feistier, feistiest) informal 1) spirited and exuberant. 2) touchy and aggressive. DERIVATIVES feistily adverb feistiness noun. ORIGIN from obsolete feist «small dog», from fisting cur or ho …
4feisty — ☆ feisty [fīs′tē ] adj. feistier, feistiest [ FEIST + Y2] [Informal or Dial.] full of spirit; specif., a) quarrelsome, aggressive, belligerent, etc. b) lively, energetic, spunky, etc. feistily adv. feistiness n …
5Feisty — Liste des versions d Ubuntu Article principal : Ubuntu. Les nouvelles versions d’Ubuntu, sortent deux fois par an, utilisant l’année et le mois de la sortie comme numéro de version. La première version, par exemple, était Ubuntu 4.10,… …
6feisty — [[t]fa͟ɪsti[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as feisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill. The soldier looked incredulously at the… …
7feisty — UK [ˈfaɪstɪ] / US adjective Word forms feisty : adjective feisty comparative feistier superlative feistiest full of energy and lively determination feisty young women …
8feisty — feistily, adv. feistiness, n. /fuy stee/, adj., feistier, feistiest. 1. full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger. 2. ill tempered; pugnacious. 3. troublesome; difficult:… …
9feisty — [19] Feisty, nowadays a colloquial Americanism for ‘quarrelsome’ or ‘spirited’, originated in Middle English as a term for a ‘farting dog’. It goes back to the now obsolete English verb fist ‘fart’, which came ultimately from Indo European *pezd… …
10feisty — [19] Feisty, nowadays a colloquial Americanism for ‘quarrelsome’ or ‘spirited’, originated in Middle English as a term for a ‘farting dog’. It goes back to the now obsolete English verb fist ‘fart’, which came ultimately from Indo European *pezd… …