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I just used this word for the first time in ages, and decided to LIU; I thought some of you might enjoy the origin explanation: feisty
1896, Amer.Eng. from feist "small dog," from fice, fist Amer.Eng. 1805 "small dog," short for fysting curre "stinking cur," attested from 1529, from M.E. fysten, fisten "break wind" (1440), related to O.E. fisting "stink." The 1811 slang dictionary defines fice as "a small windy escape backwards, more obvious to the nose than ears; frequently by old ladies charged on their lap-dogs." Cf. also Dan. fise "to blow, to fart," and obs. Eng. askefise, lit. "fire-blower, ash-blower," from an unrecorded O.N. source, used in M.E. for a kind of bellows, but orig. "a term of reproach among northern nations for an unwarlike fellow who stayed at home in the chimney corner" [O.E.D.] From Online Etymology Dictionary
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Dictionaries give different definitions; courageous ,of agressive manners,irritable.Could you, would you, give a sentence with the word, Jackie?
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give a sentence with the word Sure. The feisty little dog growled and barked at a much bigger one.
My father sometimes referred to a dog as a feist.
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Jackie, it is an excellent Type-2 word and I thank you for suggesting it
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What is a type-2 word?
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ATTN: daleh [hint, hint] here's a link to the original post, in which dalehileman introduced promulgated his "three types" model of all human discourse -- note that they haven't even gained their type-x labels yet! - joe (proud suppeditator of type-3s) friday
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R. Eastcourt
(Enters USR, dressed in green plaid pajamas, XL to the coffee pot)
Okay, joe, thanks for that. (Turns DS and stands scyphusly)
(Feisty) But don't ever refer to yourself as joe-(paraskevidekatriaphobiac) friday.) I used that last July. Nothing gnu there macaroni..............No feather your cap.
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But don't ever refer to yourself as joe-(paraskevidekatriaphobiac) friday.) I used that last July. with that! - joe (blue moon) friday
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East: I knew tsu would lend a helping hand. I would have supplied the link but after several years of trying, I'm still baffled by the Search algorithm
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