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fighty

UK/ˈfaɪti/US/ˈfaɪti/

fighty adjective: inclined or prone to fight.

Adjective

fighty (comparative more fighty or fightier, superlative most fighty or fightiest)

  1. (informal) Inclined or prone to fight.
    Synonyms:
    fightsome
  2. (informal) Relating to fighting.
    • It's the follow-up to Hero Quest, and is in the same sort of mazey-strategy-fighty vein. Gameplay is split up into a number of turns.1992, Your Sinclair, number 76, page 5

Synonyms of fighty

Forms of fighty

comparativemore fighty
comparativefightier
superlativemost fighty
superlativefightiest

Origin of fighty

From Middle English fighti, figti, equivalent to fight + -y.

Words that rhyme with fighty

Questions about fighty

What does fighty mean?
Fighty means inclined or prone to fight.
What part of speech is fighty?
Fighty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fighty?
Fighty is pronounced /ˈfaɪti/ (UK).

Words near fighty in the dictionary

  1. fights up
  2. fights windmills
  3. fightsome
  4. fightwite
  5. fightworthy
  6. fighty
  7. figitid
  8. figitids
  9. figitumumab
  10. FIGJAM
  11. figleaf

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