fighty
/ˈfaɪti/adjective
fighty is an adjective meaning “Inclined or prone to fight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-G-H-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fighty mean?
adjective
- 1
informalInclined or prone to fight.
- 2
informalRelating to fighting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fighty?
- UK /ˈfaɪti/
- US /ˈfaɪti/
- US [ˈfʌɪɾi]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fighty
- more fighty comparative
- fightier comparative
- most fighty superlative
- fightiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fighty?
Fighty appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fighty come from?
From Middle English fighti, figti, equivalent to fight + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).