The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child...
At 66, she was as feisty as ever.
English dictionary. 2008.
feisty — 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 … Etymology dictionary
feisty — [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,… … New thesaurus
feisty — ► 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 … English terms dictionary
feisty — ☆ 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 … English World dictionary
Feisty — 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,… … Wikipédia en Français
feisty — UK [ˈfaɪstɪ] / US adjective Word forms feisty : adjective feisty comparative feistier superlative feistiest full of energy and lively determination feisty young women … English dictionary
feisty — 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:… … Universalium
feisty — [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… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
feisty — [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… … Word origins
feisty — adjective (feistier; est) Date: 1896 1. chiefly Southern & Midland a. full of nervous energy ; fidgety b. touchy, quarrelsome c. exuberantly frisky 2. having or showing a lively aggressiveness ; … New Collegiate Dictionary
