This week's theme: insults. flibbertigibbet (FLIB-uhr-tee-jib-it) noun
Someone who is regarded as flighty, scatterbrained, and talkative. [Apparently from the imitation of the sound of idle chatter.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=flibbertigibbet -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "But [Lesley Dormen] is hardly a flibbertigibbet. 'I am the opposite of flighty,' she said." Celia Barbour; An Author Discovers; The New York Times; Apr 8, 2007. Sponsors' messages: You help your students reach their full potential - now reach yours. Earn your MAEd from Dominican University - 100% Online. http://DominicanU.com/WS See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q ............................................................................ He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BCE) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/flibbertigibbet.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/flibbertigibbet.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".