fistiana
English
Etymology
fist + -iana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪstɪˈɑːnə/, /fɪstɪˈænə/, /fɪstɪˈeɪnə/
- Hyphenation: fist‧i‧an‧a
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Noun
fistiana pl (plural only)
- Things related to the sport of boxing.
- 1915, Joseph K Griffis, Tahan, Out of Savagery Into Civilization
- 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...
- 2001, Nat Fleischer, Sam Andre, Don Rafael, Nigel Collins, An Illustrated History of Boxing
- ...Heenan's friends urged him to issue a challenge to Tom Sayers, British title holder, for the highest honors in fistiana.
- 1915, Joseph K Griffis, Tahan, Out of Savagery Into Civilization