flibbertigibbet
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That left Jonathan with lifelong feelings of guilt, which led him on several occasions to announce that he was abandoning what he once called “this footling flibbertigibbet world of theater.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
Ms. Goodwin stays true to her conception of Victoria as a combination of coquettish flibbertigibbet, tough proto-feminist and compassionate, perhaps too-good-to-be-true liberal humanist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
Laura is a bit of a flibbertigibbet with a poor grasp of colloquial expressions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2017
Her strongest bid was her first nomination in 2006, playing the pregnant flibbertigibbet Ashley in “Junebug.”
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2016
The authors seem to be saying, “I couldn’t think of a more dignified way of putting this, but please don’t think I’m a flibbertigibbet who talks this way; I really am a serious scholar.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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