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Definition of Feisty
1. Adjective. Showing courage. "The champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
2. Adjective. Quick to take offense.
Similar to: Sensitive
Derivative terms: Huffiness, Touchiness
Definition of Feisty
1. Adjective. Tenacious, energetic, spunky. ¹
2. Adjective. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage. ¹
3. Adjective. Easily offended and ready to bicker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feisty
1. full of nervous energy [adj FEISTIER, FEISTIEST] : FEISTILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feisty
Literary usage of Feisty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"feisty is of dialectal origin, and it seems to have had mainly pejorative overtones
in dialect: I don't aim to take no snot offen him, and if he gets feisty ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"And she has a whole passel of them feisty young uns in here every day a-1'arning.
... Twice the room was full to bursting of "feisty young uns" at their ..."
3. Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern by Horace Kephart (1922)
"Coaly, old boy! you-uns won't be so feisty and ... feisty," proceeded the
interpreter, " feisty means when a feller's alters wigglin' about, ..."
4. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"E. feisty, adj. fusty; but fusty is the corruption. feisty is the original, and
a most expressive word. ..."
5. Biblio-Cal Notes (1873)
"feisty WIFE Never a robust man, except for enthusiasm, John Ziegler ... During his
last lingering illness which began in 1918, his feisty French wife took ..."
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