Feisty Definition

fīstē
feistier, feistiest
adjective
feistier, feistiest
Full of spirit.
Webster's New World
Quarrelsome or aggressive.
American Heritage

Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.

Wiktionary

Easily offended and ready to bicker.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Feisty

Adjective

Base Form:
feisty
Comparative:
feistier
Superlative:
feistiest

Origin of Feisty

  • 1896, American, feist (“small, aggressive dog”) +‎ -y; the term feist (now rare) itself originally meant “stink”, and earlier “fart”, from Middle English, from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European – see feist for details.

    From Wiktionary

  • From feist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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