Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fisty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: fisty
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving the fists; pugilistic.

Informal

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"Unlike some here, i don't worship drivers or teams. Everyone is good in something, so them being good at racing is their thing. Good on them, but they don't give a damn about me, so i'm not going to slash my wrists over them, or make life long enemies here by arguing it all the way to a virtual fisty fight.."

Etymology

From fist + -y. Piecewise doublet of fistic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fist

Usage

Informal

Derived Forms

fistiness

Rhymes With

christie misty christy kristy twisty kristi kristie cristi wristy schisty

Questions

What does fisty mean?: Involving the fists; pugilistic.
Where does fisty come from?: From fist + -y. Piecewise doublet of fistic.

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