flabergastとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

flabergast (複数形 flabergasts)

1. (Scotland) Archaic spelling of flabbergast.
   • 1852 October, “Adventures of Tom Honeycomb—No. I”, in Yankee Notions, volume 2, number 10, New York, N.Y.: Published by T. W. Strong, […], OCLC 32423418, page 297:

     Her foibles were flattery, fine feeling, and flabergast; and if not old enough to be his mother, sufficiently so to be a young aunt.

Further reading

• “FLABBERGAST, v.” in Joseph Wright, editor, The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume II (D–G), London: Published by Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900, OCLC 81937840, page 376, column 1.
• flabbergast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.