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noun
Origin: orig., lit., a fart < ME fīst < OE fisten, akin to Du veest, ON fisa < IE base *(s)peis-, to blow: see spirit
See feist in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Variant of obsolete fist
Origin: , short for fisting dog
Origin: , from Middle English fisting, a blowing, breaking wind
Origin: , from Old English fīsting; see pezd- in Indo-European roots
. Regional Note: Feist, also fice, is one of several regional terms for a small mixed-breed dog. Used throughout the Midland and Southern states, feist connotes a snappy, nervous, belligerent little dog—hence the derived adjective feisty, meaning “touchy, quarrelsome, or spirited,” applicable to animals and to people. Although feist remains a regional word, feisty has now entered standard usage throughout the United States.