flabberghast

English

Verb

flabberghast (third-person singular simple present flabberghasts, present participle flabberghasting, simple past flabberghasted, past participle flabberghasted or flabberghast)

1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast.
   • 1887 January 29, “The ‘Emergency-Man’”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume XCII, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 54, column 1:

     Skates that are not quite a fit, my dear Smith, / May flabberghast even a chap of your pith.

   • 1967, The Pakistan Review, volume 15, Lahore: Ferozsons Ltd., →OCLC, page 7:

     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 […]

   • 1981, “Our Xmas Present: Up to $150 Worth of Free Imported Classical Recordings”, in Ovation: The Magazine for Classical Music Listeners, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: Ovation Magazine Associates, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Our faithful customers never cease to flabberghast us.

Noun

flabberghast (plural flabberghasts)

1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast.

Further reading

• “FLABERGAST” in [John Camden Hotten], A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], 2nd revised edition, London: John Camden Hotten, […], 1860, →OCLC, page 140: “FLABERGAST, or flabberghast, to astonish, or strike with wonder.”.