fightsome

adj

Etymology

From fight + -some.

  1. derived from *peḱ-
  2. inherited from *fehtaną
  3. inherited from *fehtan
  4. inherited from feohtan
  5. inherited from fighten
  6. formed as fightsome — “fight + -some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by fighting

    Characterised or marked by fighting; possessing a fighting spirit or tendency.

    • Marry him, lady, 'tis a fightsome lad!
    • Out of a deprived and fatherless childhood the feisty child grew to be a “fightsome” man, with every obstacle giving him greater determination to win.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fightsome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA