Dialectal or informal adjective meaning combative, quarrelsome, or eager to fight.
Derived from 'fight' with the suffix '-y' (common for forming adjectives). Primarily dialectal or informal, not standard English. Reflects how speakers add '-y' to verbs to create personality descriptors.
English speakers naturally add '-y' to almost any word to make it an adjective—a 'foughty' person fights a lot, just like a 'sleepy' person sleeps a lot. It's how language naturally grows!
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