feistiness

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English

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Etymology

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From feisty +‎ -ness.

Noun

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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.