flibbertigibbet
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Definition of flibbertigibbet
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.
“All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy flibbertigibbet.”
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noun
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An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.
“All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy flibbertigibbet.”
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A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips.
““Thou flibbertigibbet,” cried Catwezle, who had been listening, “all is clear as springwater. This Rapkyn was a sorcerer!””
“‘Ignorant girls. Dizzy young things. It seems to be my fate always to be landed with these flibbertigibbets.’”
- (archaic)An imp, a fiend.
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Etymology
From late Middle English [Term?] first attested 1549 probably imitative of nonsense uttered by gossips. Usage as an imp or fiend and name of the Devil from around 1603. Alternatively…
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From late Middle English [Term?] first attested 1549 probably imitative of nonsense uttered by gossips. Usage as an imp or fiend and name of the Devil from around 1603. Alternatively (but far less likely), an alteration of flibbergib (“toady, sycophant”), derived potentially from an Old Norse *fleipra-geipa(re) (“babbler of nonsense”). The hypothetical Old Norse term would have been a compound of fleipra (a variant of fleipa (“to babble, tattle”)), and geipa (“to talk nonsense, to boast”) or geipare (“one who speaks nonsense, braggart”). fleipa is notably the ancestor to the flip- part of the English word flippant. It is of note that the original meaning of flibbergib was “chatterer”.
Words you can make from flibbertigibbet
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2 words7-letter words
19 words6-letter words
50 words- FIBBER 13 pts
- BIBBER 12 pts
- BEFRET 11 pts
- BELIEF 11 pts
- BEREFT 11 pts
- FIBRIL 11 pts
- GIBBER 11 pts
- GIBBET 11 pts
- BRIBEE 10 pts
- GIFTEE 10 pts
- LIBBER 10 pts
- REGIFT 10 pts
- RIBBIE 10 pts
- RIBBIT 10 pts
- BEGIRT 9 pts
- BEIGER 9 pts
- FEIRIE 9 pts
- FERLIE 9 pts
- FETTER 9 pts
- FETTLE 9 pts
- FILTER 9 pts
- FITTER 9 pts
- GERBIL 9 pts
- GIBLET 9 pts
- LEFTER 9 pts
- LEFTIE 9 pts
- LIEFER 9 pts
- LIFTER 9 pts
- REFELT 9 pts
- REFILE 9 pts
- REFLET 9 pts
- RELIEF 9 pts
- TELFER 9 pts
- TITFER 9 pts
- TRIFLE 9 pts
- BELIER 8 pts
- BELTER 8 pts
- BETTER 8 pts
- BITTER 8 pts
- RIBLET 8 pts
- TREBLE 8 pts
- ELEGIT 7 pts
- GETTER 7 pts
- GIRLIE 7 pts
- REGILT 7 pts
- REGLET 7 pts
- LETTER 6 pts
- LITTER 6 pts
- RETILE 6 pts
- TILTER 6 pts
5-letter words
61 words- BEFIT 10 pts
- BRIEF 10 pts
- FIBER 10 pts
- FIBRE 10 pts
- BIBLE 9 pts
- BRIBE 9 pts
- EBBET 9 pts
- GRIEF 9 pts
- GRIFT 9 pts
- REBBE 9 pts
- BEGET 8 pts
- BEIGE 8 pts
- BILGE 8 pts
- FILER 8 pts
- FILET 8 pts
- FIREE 8 pts
- FLEER 8 pts
- FLEET 8 pts
- FLIER 8 pts
- FLIRT 8 pts
- FLITE 8 pts
- FRITT 8 pts
- GIBER 8 pts
- GLEBE 8 pts
- GREBE 8 pts
- LIFER 8 pts
- REFEL 8 pts
- REFIT 8 pts
- RIFLE 8 pts
- BELIE 7 pts
- BERET 7 pts
- BETEL 7 pts
- BIRLE 7 pts
- BITER 7 pts
- BLITE 7 pts
- BRITT 7 pts
- LIBER 7 pts
- LIBRI 7 pts
- REBEL 7 pts
- TRIBE 7 pts
- EGRET 6 pts
- GLEET 6 pts
- GREET 6 pts
- LEGER 6 pts
- LEGIT 6 pts
- LIEGE 6 pts
- LIGER 6 pts
- REGIE 6 pts
- TIGER 6 pts
- ELITE 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
- LITRE 5 pts
- RELET 5 pts
- RELIT 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TILER 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITLE 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
67 words- BIBB 10 pts
- BEEF 9 pts
- FEEB 9 pts
- BIBE 8 pts
- BLEB 8 pts
- FRIG 8 pts
- GIFT 8 pts
- BERG 7 pts
- BRIG 7 pts
- FEEL 7 pts
- FEET 7 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FERE 7 pts
- FETE 7 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FIRE 7 pts
- FLEE 7 pts
- FLIR 7 pts
- FLIT 7 pts
- FREE 7 pts
- FRET 7 pts
- FRIT 7 pts
- GIBE 7 pts
- GLIB 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- LIFT 7 pts
- REEF 7 pts
- REFT 7 pts
- REIF 7 pts
- RIFE 7 pts
- RIFT 7 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BEET 6 pts
- BELT 6 pts
- BIER 6 pts
- BILE 6 pts
- BIRL 6 pts
- BITE 6 pts
- BITT 6 pts
- BLET 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- BRIE 6 pts
- BRIT 6 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GILT 5 pts
- GIRL 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GLEE 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- LIRI 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
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