flibbertigibbetn.

Brit.

/ˈflɪbətɪˌdʒɪbᵻt/, U.S.

/ˌflɪbərdiˈdʒɪbᵻt/

Forms: 1500s flibbergib(be, flybbergybe, 1600s flibber de' Jibb, 1500s–1600s flebergebet, flebergebit, flebergibet, 1500s flibber-gibbet, 1600s fliberdigib(b)et, fliberdegibek, 1800s flibberty-, flipperty-gibbet, 1600s– flibbertigibbet.

Etymology: Apparently an onomatopoeic representation of unmeaning chatter. The earliest form in our quots., flibbergib, is probably the original; the later expansions are of a kind commonly met with in imitative words. The ending may be due to association with gibbet.

1. A chattering or gossiping person; a flighty or frivolous woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

chaterestrea1250

jangler1303

babbler1366

blabbererc1375

jangleressc1386

talkerc1386

clatterer1388

cacklera1400

languager1436

carperc1440

mamblerc1450

praterc1500

jackdaw?1520

chewet1546

flibbertigibbet1549

clatterfart1552

patterer1552

piec1557

long tongue?1562

prattler1567

piet1574

twattler1577

brawler1581

nimble-chops1581

pratepie1582

roita1585

whittera1585

full-mouth1589

interprater1591

chatterer1592

pianet1594

bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

prattle-basket1602

bagpipe1603

worder1606

babliaminy1608

chougha1616

gabbler1624

blatterer1627

magpie1632

prate-apace1636

rattlea1637

clack1640

blateroon1647

overtalker1654

prate-roast1671

prattle-box1671

babelard1678

twattle-basket1688

mouth1699

tongue-pad1699

chatterista1704

rattler1709

morologist1727

chatterbox1774

palaverer1788

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

slangwhanger1807

nash-gab1816

pump1823

windbag1827

big mouth1834

gasbag1841

chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person > female

gig?c1225

gigleta1340

halok?1507

fizgiga1529

gilliea1529

flirt1562

peat1566

sluta1592

gillian flirt1593

giggle1611

filly1616

jill-flirt1627

flibbertigibbet1640

flirtigig1683

flip-flap1702

gamine1848

kitten1870

sillypop1894

frippet1908

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Dv These flatterers, and flybbergybes an other daye shall come & clawe you by the backe and say [etc.].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coquette, a pratling, or proud gossip; a titifill, a flebergebit.

1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden i. iv Good Mrs. Flibber de' Jibb with the French fly-flap o' your coxecombe.

1892 ‘G. Travers’ Mona Maclean I. i. 6 You..are less of a flibbertigibbet than the world takes you to be.

†a. The name of a devil or fiend. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin > as unique being

Robin Goodfellow1528

puck1600

flibbertigibbet1603

Hobbididance1603

puckling1634

ponk1755

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures x. 49 Frateretto, Fliberdigibbet, Hoberdidance, Tocobatto were foure deuils of the round, or Morrice.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 104 The foule fiend fliberdegibek..hurts the poore creature of earth.

b. A person resembling the character so nicknamed in Scott's Kenilworth; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin; a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > playful or mischievous roguery > young or playful rogue

urchinc1525

rascal1601

limb1625

imp1642

pickle1779

impling1780

rip1781

scamp1808

hempy1818

flibbertigibbet1826

tinker1855

faggot1859

skeezicks1908

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun] > grotesqueness > person

mammet1461

scarecrow1590

antic1597

fright1751

figure1774

jigger1825

guy1836

flibbertigibbet1878

worricow1894

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 263 Dickie Sludge, or Flibbertigibbet, as he called the boy.]

1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 292 What with her dishevelled hair and young black Flibbertigibbet by her side, she looked like a real witch.

1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland 305 A white-haired flibbertigibbet of a boy.

1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 63 He was a lean, nervous flibbertigibbet of a man.

Derivatives

ˈflibberty-ˈgibberty adj. flighty, frivolous, senseless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

1879 L. B. Walford Cousins II. 146 The gentle, serious Jane was taken with the flibberty-gibberty fellow.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flibbertigibbet
释义	flibbertigibbetn. Brit. /ˈflɪbətɪˌdʒɪbᵻt/, U.S. /ˌflɪbərdiˈdʒɪbᵻt/ Forms: 1500s flibbergib(be, flybbergybe, 1600s flibber de' Jibb, 1500s–1600s flebergebet, flebergebit, flebergibet, 1500s flibber-gibbet, 1600s fliberdigib(b)et, fliberdegibek, 1800s flibberty-, flipperty-gibbet, 1600s– flibbertigibbet. Etymology: Apparently an onomatopoeic representation of unmeaning chatter. The earliest form in our quots., flibbergib, is probably the original; the later expansions are of a kind commonly met with in imitative words. The ending may be due to association with gibbet. 1. A chattering or gossiping person; a flighty or frivolous woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person > female gig?c1225 gigleta1340 halok?1507 fizgiga1529 gilliea1529 flirt1562 peat1566 sluta1592 gillian flirt1593 giggle1611 filly1616 jill-flirt1627 flibbertigibbet1640 flirtigig1683 flip-flap1702 gamine1848 kitten1870 sillypop1894 frippet1908 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Dv These flatterers, and flybbergybes an other daye shall come & clawe you by the backe and say [etc.]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coquette, a pratling, or proud gossip; a titifill, a flebergebit. 1640 R. Brome Sparagus Garden i. iv Good Mrs. Flibber de' Jibb with the French fly-flap o' your coxecombe. 1892 ‘G. Travers’ Mona Maclean I. i. 6 You..are less of a flibbertigibbet than the world takes you to be. 2. †a. The name of a devil or fiend. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin > as unique being Robin Goodfellow1528 puck1600 flibbertigibbet1603 Hobbididance1603 puckling1634 ponk1755 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures x. 49 Frateretto, Fliberdigibbet, Hoberdidance, Tocobatto were foure deuils of the round, or Morrice. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 104 The foule fiend fliberdegibek..hurts the poore creature of earth. View more context for this quotation b. A person resembling the character so nicknamed in Scott's Kenilworth; an impish-looking, mischievous, and flighty urchin; a person of grotesque appearance and restless manners. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > playful or mischievous roguery > young or playful rogue urchinc1525 rascal1601 limb1625 imp1642 pickle1779 impling1780 rip1781 scamp1808 hempy1818 flibbertigibbet1826 tinker1855 faggot1859 skeezicks1908 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun] > grotesqueness > person mammet1461 scarecrow1590 antic1597 fright1751 figure1774 jigger1825 guy1836 flibbertigibbet1878 worricow1894 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 263 Dickie Sludge, or Flibbertigibbet, as he called the boy.] 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 292 What with her dishevelled hair and young black Flibbertigibbet by her side, she looked like a real witch. 1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland 305 A white-haired flibbertigibbet of a boy. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 63 He was a lean, nervous flibbertigibbet of a man. Derivatives ˈflibberty-ˈgibberty adj. flighty, frivolous, senseless. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1879 L. B. Walford Cousins II. 146 The gentle, serious Jane was taken with the flibberty-gibberty fellow. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flibbertigibbetv. Brit. /ˈflɪbətɪˌdʒɪbᵻt/, U.S. /ˌflɪbərdiˈdʒɪbᵻt/ Etymology: < flibbertigibbet n. intransitive. To play the flibbertigibbet; to gad about frivolously. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > act without seriousness [verb (intransitive)] twiddlea1547 dally1548 trifle1736 dandle1829 to rot abouta1893 flibbertigibbet1921 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let i. i His daughter would flibberty-gibbet all over the place like most young women since the War. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549v.1921
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flibbertigibbetn.

Derivatives

flibbertigibbetv.