English
flibbertigibbety
From flibbertigibbet + -y.
Formed from flibbertigibbet + -y
Old Norse *fleipra-geipa(re) ‘babbler of nonsense’
English flibbertigibbet
Today it means
adj Like a flibbertigibbet; flighty; scatterbrained.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flibbertigibbety