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fistiana en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /fɪstɪˈɑːnə/
  • /fɪstɪˈeɪnə/
  • /fɪstɪˈænə/

Etymology

From fist + -iana.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Things related to the sport of boxing.
    • ...Heenan's friends urged him to issue a challenge to Tom Sayers, British title holder, for the highest honors in fistiana. 2001, Nat Fleischer, Sam Andre, Don Rafael, Nigel Collins, An Illustrated History of Boxing:
    • Then came the necessary preliminaries — the finding of a place in which to train; the securing of an expert boxer to instruct me in the art of fistiana... 1915, Joseph K Griffis, Tahan, Out of Savagery Into Civilization: