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flibbertigibbet
UK /ˌflɪbətiˈdʒɪbɪt/ US /ˈflɪbɚtiˌd͡ʒɪbɪt/
noun 3
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2ADJ.
bitchy
FLIBBERTIGIBBET + NOUN
catwezle
Definitions
noun
1
An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.
All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy flibbertigibbet.
2
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.’
3
An imp, a fiend.
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All this responsibility at such an early age made her a bitchy flibbertigibbet.
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“Thou flibbertigibbet,” cried Catwezle, who had been listening, “all is clear as springwater. This Rapkyn was a sorcerer!”
Wiktionary03
‘Ignorant girls. Dizzy young things. It seems to be my fate always to be landed with these flibbertigibbets.’
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