~a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person.
First known use: 15th century
It can be a little hard to say, but such a fun. It gives your mouth quite a workout. =0)
Fun FLIBBERTIGIBBET Facts:
~~Flibbertigibbet is derived from the Middle English word flepergebet, which means "gossip" or "chatterer."
~~Some other variations include "flipperty-gibbet,” "flybbergybe," and "flibber de' Jibb.”)
~~It likely has its roots in onomatopoeic origins and was likely created from sounds intended to sound like senseless prattling.
~~Shakespeare used "flibbertigibbet" in King Lear as the name of a devil.
~~Sir Walter Scott used “flibbertigibbet" as the nickname of a character in the Kenilworth.
~~And of course, the nuns in The Sound of Music use “flibbertigibbet” to describe Maria.
Now, be honest, who didn’t start singing the song “Maria” (a.k.a. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria) from Sound of Music when they read flibbertigibbet? If you don’t know this song, your education might be seriously lacking. Go HERE to listen to it. I love how two of the nuns try to defend Maria.
Where else have you heard this word used? Have you ever used it in conversation?
NEW RELEASES
“Holly & Ivy,”my #HistoricalRomance novella in A #BouquetOfBrides, takes place
in 1890, in Washington State. It’s about a young woman who accompanies her impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a Christmas mail-order bride and is helped by a gallant stranger.
COURTING HER AMISH HEART is a contemporary romance, the first in the Prodigal Daughters series.
A doctor or an Amish wife? She can choose to be only one…Kathleen Yoder comes home after fourteen years in the Englisher world. Practicing medicine means sacrifice—no Amish man will want a doctor for a wife. Widowed Noah Lambright offers a cottage as her new clinic, seeing how much Kathleen’s skills can help their community. But as their friendship deepens, could love and family become more than a forbidden dream?
#ChristianRomance #HistoricalRomance #Romance
Fun FLIBBERTIGIBBET Facts:
~~Flibbertigibbet is derived from the Middle English word flepergebet, which means "gossip" or "chatterer."
~~Some other variations include "flipperty-gibbet,” "flybbergybe," and "flibber de' Jibb.”)
~~It likely has its roots in onomatopoeic origins and was likely created from sounds intended to sound like senseless prattling.
~~Shakespeare used "flibbertigibbet" in King Lear as the name of a devil.
~~Sir Walter Scott used “flibbertigibbet" as the nickname of a character in the Kenilworth.
~~And of course, the nuns in The Sound of Music use “flibbertigibbet” to describe Maria.
Now, be honest, who didn’t start singing the song “Maria” (a.k.a. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria) from Sound of Music when they read flibbertigibbet? If you don’t know this song, your education might be seriously lacking. Go HERE to listen to it. I love how two of the nuns try to defend Maria.
Where else have you heard this word used? Have you ever used it in conversation?
NEW RELEASES
“Holly & Ivy,”my #HistoricalRomance novella in A #BouquetOfBrides, takes place
in 1890, in Washington State. It’s about a young woman who accompanies her impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a Christmas mail-order bride and is helped by a gallant stranger.
#BouquetOfBrides
COURTING HER AMISH HEART is a contemporary romance, the first in the Prodigal Daughters series.
A doctor or an Amish wife? She can choose to be only one…Kathleen Yoder comes home after fourteen years in the Englisher world. Practicing medicine means sacrifice—no Amish man will want a doctor for a wife. Widowed Noah Lambright offers a cottage as her new clinic, seeing how much Kathleen’s skills can help their community. But as their friendship deepens, could love and family become more than a forbidden dream?
#ChristianRomance #HistoricalRomance #Romance
MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January 2018, Courting Her Amish Heart in March 2018, The Widow’s Plight in July 2018, Courting Her Secret Heart September 2018, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December 2018. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:
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