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spitfire (n.)
1610s, "a cannon," from
spit
(v.) +
fire
(n.); c. 1600 as an adjective. Meaning "irascible, passionate person" is from 1670s. Replaced earlier
shitfire
(similar formation in Florentine
cacafuoco
).
