Meaning of flibbertigibbet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.
2. A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips.
3. An imp, a fiend.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy flibbertigibbet.”

““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.’”

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