fisty

English

Etymology

fist +‎ -y. Doublet of fistic.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪsti

Adjective

fisty (not comparable)

  1. (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 […]
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