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 .

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 .

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.

feisty

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