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feist
or fist
[ fahyst ]
/ faɪst /
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noun
verb (used without object)
South Midland U.S. to prance or strut about: Look at him feist around in his new clothes.
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Origin of feist
First recorded in 1760–70; compare (from 16th century) fisting hound, fisting cur, as contemptuous epithets for any kind of dog (present participle of fist “to break wind,” late Middle English; compare Old English fisting “breaking wind,” Middle Low German vīst, German Fist “fart”); def. 2 is perhaps a back formation from feisty
Words nearby feist
feints, Feira de Santana, feirie, Feisal I, Feisal II, feist, feisty, felafel, Feldene, Feldenkrais method, feldsher
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