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   feist·y

   /ˈfīstē/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person, typically one who is relatively small or weak) lively, determined, and courageous: informal "a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face"
   • ▪ touchy and aggressive: informal "he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from earlier feist, fist ‘small dog’, from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist ‘break wind’, of West Germanic origin. Compare with fizzle.

   Derivatives

   • 1. feistily adverb
   • 2. feistiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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