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fistic
English
Etymology
fist +? -ic. Doublet of fisty.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st?k
Adjective
fistic (comparative more fistic, superlative most fistic)
- Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.
- Synonyms: fistical, pugilistic
- 1865?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
- This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies of the Hole, when heated by verbal or fistic altercation.
- Episode 12, The Cyclops
- The Englishman, whose right eye was nearly closed, took his corner where he was liberally drenched with water and when the bell went came on gamey and brimful of pluck, confident of knocking out the fistic Eblanite in jigtime.
Romanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ????? (f?st?k), from Arabic ???????? (fustuq), from Middle Persian pstk' (pistag).
Noun
fistic m (uncountable)
- pistachio
Declension
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fustic
English
Alternative forms
- fustet, fustoc, fustick
Etymology
From Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, variant of fustet.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?st?k/
- Rhymes: -?st?k
Noun
fustic (usually uncountable, plural fustics)
- A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...nor can I tell to this day what wood to call the tree we cut down, except that it was very like the tree we call fustic, or between that and the Nicaragua wood, for it was much of the same colour and smell.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye.
- The wood of these trees.
- A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
Synonyms
- (American tree): old fustic, fustoc
- (European tree): young fustic, fustet, Venice sumac, Eurasian smoke tree
Translations
References
- fustic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maclura tinctoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eurasian smoketree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cotinus coggygria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Maclura tinctoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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