feisty

Definitions


[ˈfʌɪsti], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous
(e.g: a love story with a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face)


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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




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