flibbertigibbet
Gossipy, restless person
A flibbertigibbet is a person who talks excessively about trivial matters or who is scatterbrained and frivolous.
The word sounds as flighty as the person it describes—someone who flits from topic to topic without substance or focus: My aunt's a lovable flibbertigibbet who can't stay on subject for thirty seconds.
Lacking mental focus
- featherbrainedSilly and unfocused
- giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
- dizzySensation of spinning
- airheadedFrivolously lacking sense
frivolous · silly · superficial · lightweight · empty-headed · birdbrained · ditzy · thoughtless
Inclined to speak much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- prattlingSpeaking trivially at length
- jabberingTalking fast and incoherently
blabbermouth · motormouth · gossip · tittle-tattle · busybody · talebearer · newsmonger · yakker
Erratically disloyal in affection
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- changeableCapable of alteration
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
erratic · impulsive · unpredictable · whimsical · temperamental · unstable · mutable · variable
scatterbrained
Lacking mental focus
- featherbrainedSilly and unfocused
- giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
- dizzySensation of spinning
airheaded · frivolous · silly · superficial · lightweight · empty-headed · birdbrained · ditzy · thoughtless · heedless
talkative
Inclined to speak much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- prattlingSpeaking trivially at length
jabbering · blabbermouth · motormouth · gossip · tittle-tattle · busybody · talebearer · newsmonger · yakker · gabber
fickle
Erratically disloyal in affection
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- changeableCapable of alteration
inconstant · erratic · impulsive · unpredictable · whimsical · temperamental · unstable · mutable · variable · wavering
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
mischievous · pixieish · elfin · impish · sprightly · frolicsome · carefree · madcap · zany · mercurial
imp
Minor mischief-making devil
devil · hobgoblin · puck · spirit · familiar · supernatural · possession · exorcism · tormenter · mischief-maker
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
- dimwitsdimwit, idiot, dolt, dunce, moron
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
flibbertigibbetsobersides
Habitually serious person
stoic · stuffed shirt · stick-in-the-mud · fuddy-duddy · sourpuss
flibbertigibbetdeep thinker
One who reflects profoundly
sage · philosopher · intellectual · scholar · ponderer
flibbertigibbetstrong silent type
Reserved yet capable archetype
sphinx · clam · man of few words · woman of few words · introvert