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 […]