Feisty
[ˈfaɪsti]Meaning
from feist, a small aggressive dog; the word feist earlier meant stink
Background Story
Feisty comes from feist, a word for a small, aggressive dog, with the suffix -y added. The first recorded use is around 1875 in the United States. Feist itself is now rare and originally meant stink, and before that fart, going back through Middle English, Old English and Proto-Germanic.
