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n. A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person. or, n : a female fool [syn: foolish woman.
-Flibbertigibbet is from Middle English flipergebet, which is probably an imitation of the sound of meaningless chatter.
Trivia: Flibbertigibbet originally meant a gossip or chatterbox, but it soon took on the idea of a light-minded or frivolous person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities. Flibbertigibbet was also the name of an imp or demon; it appears in a list of 40 fiends in a book by Samuel Harsnet, and also in Shakespeare.
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Ereshkigal;
n. Mythology. The Mesopotamian goddess of the underworld.
Eresh-kigal n : goddess of death and consort of Nergal [syn: Ereshkigal, Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel]
\Por"tass\, n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously portace, portasse, portesse, portise, porthose, portos, portus, portuse, etc.] [Obs.] --Spenser. Camden.
By God and by this porthors I you swear. --Chaucer.
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ASININE
Utterly stupid or silly: asinine behavior.
Of, relating to, or resembling an ass.
hy‧brid
–noun 1. the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, esp. as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
2. a person or group of persons produced by the interaction or crossbreeding of two unlike cultures, traditions, etc.
3. anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds: a hybrid of the academic and business worlds.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L hybrida, hibrida a crossbred animal]
—Synonyms 5. Hybrid, mongrel refer to animals or plants of mixed origin. Hybrid is the scientific term: hybrid corn; a hybrid variety of sheep. Mongrel, used originally of dogs to denote the offspring of crossings of different breeds, is now extended to other animals and to plants; it is usually deprecatory, as denoting mixed, nondescript, or degenerate breed or character: a mongrel pup.
—Antonyms 5. purebred, thoroughbred.
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HOGG
–noun 1. a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
2. a domesticated swine weighing 120 lb. (54 kg) or more, raised for market.
3. a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.
4. Slang. a. a large, heavy motorcycle.
b. an impressively large luxury automobile.
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scoutmaster
. The adult leader in charge of a troop of Boy Scouts.
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foofaraw
Excessive or flashy ornamentation; also, a fuss over a trivial matter.
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Coxcomb
1. obsolete. A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red. (Now cockscomb).
2. archaic. The top of the head, or the head itself.
3. Obsolete. A fool.
4. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a dandy; a fop.
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excrescence
\ik-SKRESS-uhn(t)s\, noun:
1. Something (especially something abnormal) growing out from something else.
2. A disfiguring or unwanted mark, part, or addition.
