Re: Orca Testing the Feisty live CD
- From: Rich Burridge <Rich Burridge Sun COM>
- To: Hermann <steppenwolf2 onlinehome de>
- Cc: orca-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Orca Testing the Feisty live CD
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:49:06 -0800
Hermann wrote:
Finally one question: What does "feisty" mean? Non of my dictionaries can
tell me this.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/feisty
/ËfaÉsti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled PronunciationfeistÂy [fahy-stee]
âadjective, feistÂiÂer, feistÂiÂest.
1. full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The
champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
2. ill-tempered; pugnacious.
3. troublesome; difficult: feisty legal problems.
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[Origin: 1895â1900, Americanism; feist
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=feist> + -y
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-y>1
âRelated forms
feistÂiÂly, adverb
feistÂiÂness, noun
The web page has three other variants.
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