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Word: Feisty
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfʌɪsti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous
Short Definition:lively and courageous
Examples:- a love story with a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face
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