feistiness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English feisty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English feistiness From feisty + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being feisty.
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.
2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport:They didn't think she had the feistiness the part required.
2006, Michael G. Fitzgerald, Boyd Magers, Ladies of the Western: