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fistic

/fɪstɪk/

fistic adjective: of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.

Adjective

fistic (comparative more fistic, superlative most fistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.
    • But she was here interrupted […] by her father's hat being heavily flung from his hand and striking her face. Accustomed to such occasional manifestations of his sense of parental duty, Pleasant merely wiped her face on her hair (which of course had tumbled down) before she twisted it up. This was...1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “More Birds of Prey”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 2nd book (Birds of a Feather), page 271
    • 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.1904 March 23, “Is No Longer Virgin Alley”, in The Pittsburg Press, page 3
    Synonyms:
    fistical, pugilistic

Synonyms of fistic

Forms of fistic

comparativemore fistic
superlativemost fistic

Origin of fistic

From fist + -ic. Piecewise doublet of fisty.

Words that rhyme with fistic

29 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about fistic

What does fistic mean?
Fistic means of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.
What part of speech is fistic?
Fistic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fistic?
Fistic is pronounced /fɪstɪk/.

Words near fistic in the dictionary

  1. fistfucking
  2. fistfucks
  3. fistful
  4. fistfuls
  5. fistiana
  6. fistic
  7. fistical
  8. fisticuff
  9. fisticuffed
  10. fisticuffer
  11. fisticuffers

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