flibbertigibbet








noun

  1. a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
  2. Archaic. a gossip.

noun

  1. an irresponsible, silly, or gossipy person
n.

1540s, “chattering gossip, flighty woman,” probably a nonsense word meant to sound like fast talking; as the name of a devil or fiend it dates from c.1600.

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