FEISTY


Meaning of FEISTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfī-stē ]

adjective

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.