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Definition: IRON-FISTED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Closefisted; stingy; mean.[Websters]
2. Being cruel, cold-blooded, brutal or ruthless. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb iron-fistedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(iron-fistedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective iron-fisted.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Iron-fisted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Topics by Level of Interest: IRON-FISTED

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The Iron-Fisted Monk 10     The Iron-Fisted Monk 10

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).