fisty
English edit
Etymology edit
fist + -y. Doublet of fistic.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪsti
Adjective edit
fisty (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Involving the fists; pugilistic.
- 1857, Ben Asaph, The Moriad: Or, End of the Jewish State, page 196:
- As when, at some low Bacchanalian feast,
His drunken votaries, for a trifling jest
Or ancient grudge, two staggering clowns begin
A fisty fight, fools from all sides rush in:
They pull, they rend, they shout […]