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Definition of Flibbertigibbet
1. Noun. A female fool.
Definition of Flibbertigibbet
1. n. An imp.
Definition of Flibbertigibbet
1. Noun. An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) An imp, a fiend. ¹
3. Noun. A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flibbertigibbet
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flibbertigibbet
Literary usage of Flibbertigibbet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"flibbertigibbet, — he give» the web anil the fin, squints the eye, &c. ....
flibbertigibbet ..."
2. A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1900)
"Hence Shakespare, in King Lear: "This the foul fiend flibbertigibbet : he gives
the WKB and the PIN ; squints the eye, and makes the hare-lip." WEBER'S LAW. ..."
3. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"flibbertigibbet, the name of a fiend by whom Edgar in King Lear claims to ...
This is the foul fiend flibbertigibbet," he cries; " he begins at curfew and ..."
4. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"flibbertigibbet. This grotesque word, in use before the time of Shakspeare as
... flibbertigibbet appears to have been the name given to what was afterwards ..."
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