different between exuberance vs feisty

English

Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?ju?.b???.?ns/, /???.?u?.b???.?ns/

Noun

exuberance (countable and uncountable, plural exuberances)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
2. An instance of exuberant behaviour.
3. An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.

Synonyms

• ebullience

Translations

English

Etymology

1896, American, feist (“small, aggressive dog”) +? -y; the term feist (now rare) itself originally meant “stink”, and earlier “fart”, from Middle English, from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European – see feist for details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?sti/
• Rhymes: -a?sti

Adjective

feisty (comparative feistier or more feisty, superlative feistiest or most feisty)

1. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
2. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
3. Easily offended and ready to bicker.

Derived terms

• feistily
• feistiness

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