flibbertigibbet

Etymology
From late first attested 1549 probably imitative of nonsense uttered by gossips. Usage as an imp or fiend and name of the Devil from around 1603.

Alternatively (but far less likely), an alteration of, derived potentially from an. The hypothetical Old Norse term would have been a compound of (a variant of ), and  or. is notably the ancestor to the flip- part of the English word. It is of note that the original meaning of was “chatterer”.

Noun

 * 1) An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.
 * 2) A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips.
 * 3)  An imp, a fiend.
 * 1)  An imp, a fiend.

Translations

 * Dutch: fratsenmaker, wispelturig iemand(1), duiveltje, deugniet(2), (3)
 * French:, ,
 * German: Flattergeist
 * Polish: ,