New American Oxford Dictionary

feis

feis |fɛʃ | ▶noun ( pl. feiseanna |ˈfɛʃənə | ) an Irish or Scottish festival of music and dancing. ORIGIN Irish feis, fess ‘meeting, assembly ’.

 

feisty

feist y |ˈfīstē ˈfaɪsti | ▶adjective ( feistier, feistiest ) informal (of a person, typically one who is relatively small or weak ) lively, determined, and courageous: a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face | a feisty upstart. • touchy and aggressive: he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me. DERIVATIVES feist i ly |ˈfīstəlē |adverb, feist i ness |ˈfīstēnis |noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from earlier feist, fist ‘small dog, ’ from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist ‘break wind. ’ Compare with fizzle .

 

Oxford Dictionary

feis

feis |fɛʃ | ▶noun ( pl. feiseanna |ˈfɛʃənə | ) an Irish or Scottish festival of music and dancing. ORIGIN Irish feis, fess ‘meeting, assembly ’.

 

feisty

feisty |ˈfʌɪsti | ▶adjective ( feistier, feistiest ) informal (of a person, typically one who is relatively small ) lively, determined, and courageous: a love story with a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face. • touchy and aggressive: he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me. DERIVATIVES feistily adverb, feistiness noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: 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 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

feisty

feisty adjective the part of Annie called for a just-so balance of adorable and feisty: spirited, spunky, plucky, gutsy, ballsy. WORD NOTE feisty Be sure you know how to pronounce this word (and any others you might use ). Feisty, idyll, and their tricky ilk may easily trap the innocent into sounding ignorant or ill-educated. People who know the correct pronunciations are likely to wince at your first mistake, then grow acutely embarrassed each time you repeat it. — MD Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Duden Dictionary

feiß

feiß Adjektiv alemannisch |f ei ß |mittelhochdeutsch veiʒ (e ), ursprünglich = strotzend, schwellend fett, feist

 

feist

feist Adjektiv meist abwertend |f ei st |mittelhochdeutsch veiʒ (e )t, althochdeutsch feiʒ (ʒ )it, eigentlich 2. Partizip von mittelhochdeutsch veiʒen = fett machen, zu: veiʒ (e ), feiß [in unangenehmer Weise ] dick, fett figurativ mit einem feisten Grinsen

 

Feist

Feist Substantiv, Neutrum Jägersprache , das |F ei st |das Feist; Genitiv: des Feist [e ]s Fett, Speck des Haarwildes

 

Feiste

Feis te Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die Feistheit |F ei ste |mittelhochdeutsch veiʒ (e )te das Feistsein

 

Feistheit

Feist heit Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die Feiste |F ei stheit |die Feistheit; Genitiv: der Feistheit mittelhochdeutsch veiʒ (e )te das Feistsein

 

Feisthirsch

Feist hirsch Substantiv, maskulin Jägersprache , der |F ei sthirsch |

 

Feistigkeit

Feis tig keit Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die |F ei stigkeit |Feistheit

 

Spanish Dictionary

feísmo

feísmo nombre masculino Tendencia artística que valora estéticamente lo feo .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

feisty

feist y /fáɪsti /形容詞 ｟ほめて ｠元気な ; 勝ち気な ; 活発な .