fistic

adj
/fɪstɪk/

Etymology

From fist + -ic. Piecewise doublet of fisty.

  1. derived from *(s)peys-
  2. derived from *fīsaną
  3. derived from *fistaz
  4. derived from *fistan
  5. derived from fisten
  6. suffixed as fistic — “fist + ic

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.

    • The fight over this ordinance had as one of its features, a few days ago, a fistic encounter between Robert Oestermaier and Attorney Curtis M. Willock.
    • The Englishman, whose right eye was nearly closed, took his corner where he was liberally drenched with water and when the bell went came on gamey and brimful of pluck, confident of knocking out the fistic Eblanite in jigtime.

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