flibbertigibbet

• I certainly didn't want to tangle with a demon or devil, and I didn't trust the hobgoblin, and I didn't know what a flibbertigibbet was, so I took the one most likely to be female: the sprite. —  Alien Plot by Piers Anthony
• In fact, one character in particular -- the flighty ditz of a flibbertigibbet main character -- grates on our nerves like polished nails on a cinematic chalkboard. —  Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams
• Poppy, the flibbertigibbet heroine of Happy-Go-Lucky, feels it's her duty to teach the world to banish negativity and cheer up. —  South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes
• She plays a flibbertigibbet on the sitcom, but off the set, she is a no-nonsense woman in full control of her career and family. —  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
• Shakespeare apparently saw a devilish aspect to a gossipy chatterer; he used "flibbertigibbet" in —  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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