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feist

feist · feists

A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dogA small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.

/faɪst/

Значення

значень: 3

(США, злічуване)A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
(незлічуване)Feisty behavior.
(злічуване, незлічуване, вульгарне)Silent (but pungent) flatulence.

Походження

Earliest sense is “fart”, and later “stink” as abbreviation for fysting cur “stinking dog”

Earliest sense is “fart”, and later “stink” as abbreviation for fysting cur “stinking dog” (1520s). From Middle English fysten (mid-15th century), from Old English. Cognate with Middle Dutch veest and Dutch vijst. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *fistiz (“a fart”), presumably from Proto-Indo-European *pesd-, though this is disputed.

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