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flib⋅ber⋅ti⋅gib⋅bet

  [flib-er-tee-jib-it]
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–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.
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flib·ber·ti·gib·bet   (flĭb'ər-tē-jĭb'ĭt)   
n.  A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person.

[Middle English flipergebet.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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