Meanings
nounflibbergib (plural flibbergibs)
plural flibbergibs
- humorousobsoleteA sycophant.
[T]hese flatterers, and flibbergibbes another day ſhall come and clawe you by the back […]
1549 March 25 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Second Sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer, which He Preached before King Edward [VI].”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 37, recto
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