feistiness

English

Etymology

From feisty +‎ -ness.

Noun

feistiness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being feisty
   • 2006, Michael G. Fitzgerald, Boyd Magers, Ladies of the Western:

     They didn't think she had the feistiness the part required.

   • 2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The feistiness off the pitch translated on to it too - referee Kateryna Monzul awarded two early yellow cards for innocuous fouls by England, and the crowd were frustrated for much of the first half when decisions didn't go their way.