Oh the wonder of the word of the day.
And the cool stuff that you learn from it.
flibbertigibbet \FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it\, noun:
A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities.
Flibbertigibbet was also the name of a
demon; it appears in a list of 40 fiends in a book by Samuel Harsnet and also in Shakespeare:
This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet: he begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock; he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and makes the hare-lip; mildews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creature of earth.
--King Lear, iii. 4.
Both stile and gate, horse-way and foot-path. Poor Tom hath been scared out of his good wits: bless thee, good man's son, from the foul fiend! five fiends have been in poor Tom at once; of lust, as
Obidicut; Hobbididence, prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; Modo, of murder; Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing, who since possesses
chambermaids and waiting-women. So, bless thee, master!
King Lear, Act IV, Scene 1
I think i should finally read some Shakespeare.
Sounds like some neat stuff.
And the cool stuff that you learn from it.
flibbertigibbet \FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it\, noun:
A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities.
Flibbertigibbet was also the name of a
demon; it appears in a list of 40 fiends in a book by Samuel Harsnet and also in Shakespeare:
This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet: he begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock; he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and makes the hare-lip; mildews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creature of earth.
--King Lear, iii. 4.
Both stile and gate, horse-way and foot-path. Poor Tom hath been scared out of his good wits: bless thee, good man's son, from the foul fiend! five fiends have been in poor Tom at once; of lust, as
Obidicut; Hobbididence, prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; Modo, of murder; Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing, who since possesses
chambermaids and waiting-women. So, bless thee, master!
King Lear, Act IV, Scene 1
I think i should finally read some Shakespeare.
Sounds like some neat stuff.
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elvgrenink:
oh my gosh, you're a member of dictionary.com-word of the day too! hehe. i was so enjoying that word today 
mexicant:
Quit trying to look like you're smart! 