flibbertigibbet:
(plural: ‘flibbertigibbets‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ in this word rhymes with ‘j’ in the word “jingle” — for the right pronunciation, please click here)
a flibbertigibbet?
a silly, irresponsible person, especially a woman, who talks too much and who likes to talk about other people’s affairs;
a foolish woman,
Everybody knows that Molly is a flibbertigibbet, and so, nobody takes her seriously.
I wonder why some cool-headed celebrities seem to behave like flibbertigibbets when they are confronted with the media — probably because they are provoked by the reporters in such way that they shoot their mouths off!
Though this word seems new or strange, it is often found in novels such as Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’, and more recently, in movies such as ‘The Sound of Music’ in which the lead character ‘Maria’ is called a ‘flibbertigibbet’ by the other nuns and as a password in ‘Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban’, and in spelling bee contests!
