Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flabberghast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flab-berghast
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Archaic

noun

Archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Skates that are not quite a fit, my dear Smith, / May flabberghast even a chap of your pith."
"The old VC flabberghasted at the possibility of three husbands for his niece; the shocked and even molested Vice-Principal knowing little to do, now that he was stripped of his clothes and appearing in those of the prisoner of war […]"
"Our faithful customers never cease to flabberghast us."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

flabberghasts (present, singular) flabberghasting (participle, present) flabberghasted (past) flabberghasted (participle, past) flabberghasts (plural)

Questions

What does flabberghast mean?: Archaic spelling of flabbergast.

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