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NOUNS 3. the name of a devil or fiend mentioned by Shakespeare (obsolete) VERBS to play the flibbertigibbet; to gad about frivolously also in forms FLEBERGEBET, FLEBERGEBIT, FLEBERGIBET, FLIBBER DE' JIBB, FLIBBERGIB(BE), FLIBBER-GIBBET, FLIBBERTY-GIBBET, FLIBERDEGIBEK, FLIBERDIGIBBET, FLIBERDIGIBET, FLIPPERTY-GIBBET, FLYBBERGYBE, CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Pronunciation of FLIBBERTIGIBBET ETYMOLOGY From E-NED: apparently an onomatopœic representation of unmeaning chatter The form 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. also see Michael Quinion's WORLD WIDE WORDS EXAMPLE From: Mona Maclean, Medical Student By Graham Travers, 10th Edition, 1894
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