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Definition of Flabbergasting
1. flabbergast [v] - See also: flabbergast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flabbergasting
Literary usage of Flabbergasting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1906)
"Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1874- Contemporary fiction. Reader. 9: 78-82. D. '06.
New humility. Llv. Age. 250: 102-5. Jl. 14, '06. flabbergasting genius of ..."
2. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... flash of teeth and eyes in smiling, which I imagine to have been one of the
characteristics which made the assaults of the real Dolly so flabbergasting; ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1861)
"Now, there are assertions, not dissimilar in their power of benumbing and
flabbergasting one, but yet within the bounds ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The French use the epithet abracadabrant, which is best rendered by "stunning"
or "flabbergasting." Abracadabra was a cabalistic word in the Middle Ages. ..."
5. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"... is from the Anglo-Saxon ; and ancient nobles used to " get each other's '
dander' up" before appealing to their swords,—quite " flabbergasting" (also ..."
6. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"You're quite tormenting witli your flabbergasting. Proserpine. Hard-hearted king
of brimstone—Oh! By goles, Hold, or your tougue will purchase you a basting ..."
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