wordSunday Classics: FlibbertigibbetDo you happen to know a Maria from ‘The Sound of Music’? The ones who can go on endlessly, drawing inspiration from their seemingly endless repertoire of gossip. In fact, it is the song Maria, sung by the nuns in the abbey, that made the word “flibbertigibbet” fashionable again. A flibbertigibbet! “Flibbertigibbet” is a classic example of an onomatopoeic word – one that is derived from sounds associated with it.

Source: The Telegraph November 21, 2021 07:23 UTC