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fightsome

fightsome adjective: characterised or marked by fighting; possessing a fighting spirit or tendency.

Adjective

fightsome (comparative more fightsome, superlative most fightsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by fighting; possessing a fighting spirit or tendency.
    • Marry him, lady, 'tis a fightsome lad!2018, original ?, Sir Thomas Mallory, Mark Twain, Howard Pyle, Tales of King Arthur and His Knights
    • 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.1979, Harriet Robey, Bay View: A Summer Portrait, page 26
    Synonyms:
    fighty

Synonyms of fightsome

Forms of fightsome

comparativemore fightsome
superlativemost fightsome

Origin of fightsome

From fight + -some.

Questions about fightsome

What does fightsome mean?
Fightsome means characterised or marked by fighting; possessing a fighting spirit or tendency.
What part of speech is fightsome?
Fightsome is an adjective.

Words near fightsome in the dictionary

  1. fights the tiger
  2. fights to the death
  3. fights to the finish
  4. fights up
  5. fights windmills
  6. fightsome
  7. fightwite
  8. fightworthy
  9. fighty
  10. figitid
  11. figitids

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