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flib⋅ber⋅ti⋅gib⋅bet
[flib-er-tee-jib-it] 
–noun
| 1. | a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| 2. | Archaic. a gossip. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME flepergebet, flipergebet; reduplicative compound of obscure orig.
1425–75; late ME flepergebet, flipergebet; reduplicative compound of obscure orig.
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| flib·ber·ti·gib·bet (flĭb'ər-tē-jĭb'ĭt) n. A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person. [Middle English flipergebet.] |
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Flibbertigibbet
Flib"ber*ti*gib`bet\, n. An imp. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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flibbertigibbet
1549, "chattering gossip, flighty woman," probably a nonsense word meant to sound like fast talking; as the name of a devil or fiend it dates from 1603.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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