Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fahyst]
- /faɪst/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fahyst]
- /faɪst/
Definitions of fices word
- noun fices Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt. 1
- verb without object fices South Midland U.S. to prance or strut about: Look at him feist around in his new clothes. 1
- noun fices Plural form of fice. 1
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Origin of fices
First appearance:
before 1760 One of the 46% newest English words
1760-70; compare (from 16th cent.) fisting hound, fisting cur, as contemptuous epithets for any kind of dog (present participle of fist to break wind, late Middle English; compare Old English fisting breaking wind, Middle Low German vīst, German Fist fart); (def 2) perhaps back formation from feisty
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Parts of speech for Fices
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fices popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.