adj.
Pronunciation: ' f ī -st ē
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: feist · i · er ; -est
Date: 1896
1 chiefly Southern & Midland a : full of nervous energy : FIDGETY b : TOUCHY , QUARRELSOME c : exuberantly frisky
2 : having or showing a lively aggressiveness : SPUNKY <the movie's feisty heroine>
– feist · i · ness noun