three-fisted
English
adj
Definitions
- Having three components or parts.
- Aggressive, energetic, enthusiastic, exuberant; two-fisted.
- In three-fisted drinker: able to consume large quantities of liquor without ill effects; heavy (drinker); compare two-fisted drinker.
Etymology
Compound from English three + English fisted.
Origin
English
fisted
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Three Amigos English
- Threefish English
- Threeness English
- closefisted English
- clubfisted English
- fisted English
- ham-fisted English
- thirty English
- three English
- three-headed English
- three-pointer English
- three-tiered English
- threefin English
- threefold English
- threeish English
- threeling English
- threeness English
- threepence English
- threepenny English
- threeplex English
- threescore English
- threeside English
- threesies English
- threesome English
- threeteen English
- threeth English
- threeway English
- trēs Latin
- drie Dutch, Flemish
- trois French
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- スリー Japanese
- thre Middle English
- tri Esperanto
- tri Tok Pisin
- tri Fanagalo
- tri Torres Strait Creole
- tri Nigerian Pidgin
- tri Samoan Plantation Pidgin