f 4 e 1 i 1 s 1 t 1 y 4
6 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective showing courage
adjective quick to take offense
origin1896, 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.
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