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fighting (adj.)
"qualified or trained to fight," mid-14c., present participle adjective from
fight
(v.).
Fighting chance
is from 1877;
fighting mad
is attested by 1750;
fighting words
is by 1882.
Fighty
"pugnacious" is attested from c. 1200.