flibbertigibbet

flibbertigibbet
/flib"euhr tee jib'it/, n.
1. a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
2. Archaic. a gossip.
[1425-75; late ME flepergebet, flipergebet; reduplicative compound of obscure orig.]

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