humorous. [f. as prec. + -(I)ANA: cf. boxiana.] Matters relating to the fists and boxing.
1840. (title) Fistiana or the Oracle of the Ring.
1857. Kingsley, Two Y. Ago, II. 129. When you are driven against the ropes, ‘hit out,’ is the old rule of Fistiana and common sense.
1881. R. Buchanan, in Illust. Lond. News, 3 Oct., 355/1. In matters of fistiana, science, combined with pluck, is everything.
