flabbergastn.

Brit.

/ˈflabəɡɑːst/,

/ˈflabəɡast/, U.S.

/ˈflæbərˌɡæst/

Etymology: < flabbergast v.; for the sense compare ‘flabrigast to gasconade. Perthshire’ (Jamieson).

? Scottish. rare.

Bombast.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast

thundering1564

bombast1589

fustiana1593

taratantara1599

bombard-phrasea1637

heroics1638

bombacea1661

rant1662

Lexiphanicism1767

streperosity1772

puff1821

taffeta1821

polyphloisboioism1823

flabbergast1831

highfalutin1847

highfalutination1858

carmagnole1860

Barnumism1862

ballyhoo1901

1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 161 The ‘Asiatic style of oratory’ with..its meretricious flabbergast,—its diluvial verbiage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flabbergastv.

Brit.

/ˈflabəɡɑːst/,

/ˈflabəɡast/, U.S.

/ˈflæbərˌɡæst/

Forms: Also 1700s flaba-, 1800s flaber-.

Etymology: First mentioned in 1772 as a new piece of fashionable slang; possibly of dialectal origin; Moor 1823 records it as a Suffolk word, and Jamieson, Suppl. 1825, has flabrigast to gasconade, flabrigastit worn out with exertion, as used in Perthshire. The formation is unknown; it is plausibly conjectured that the word is an arbitrary invention suggested by flabby adj. or flap n. and aghast adj.

colloquial.

transitive. To put (a person) in such confusion that he does not for the moment know what to do or say; to astonish utterly, to confound.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)]

gloppena1250

abavea1400

ferlya1400

forferlya1400

supprisec1405

stonish1488

surprend1549

stagger1556

thunderbolta1586

admire1598

startle1598

thunderstrike1613

siderate1623

dumbfound1653

surprise1655

stammer1656

strange1657

astartlea1680

dumbfounder1710

knock1715

to take aback1751

flabbergast1773

to take back1796

stagnate1829

to put aback1833

to make (a person) sit up1878

to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884

transmogrify1887

rock1947

to flip out1964

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy

awhapec1300

stonyc1330

astony1340

astonec1374

mazec1390

stounda1400

stuna1400

to-stony?a1400

stounc1400

clumsec1440

overmusec1460

stonish1488

strike1533

dazzle1561

stoyne1563

stupefy1577

stupefact1583

obstupefy1611

astound1637

petrify1667

flabbergast1773

stagnatea1798

stama1800

swarf1813

boggle1835

razzle-dazzle1886

to knock sideways1890

stupend1900

gobsmack1987

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 Misc. Ess. 191/1 Now we are flabbergasted and bored from morning to night.

1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iv, in Moral Tales II. 117 They quite flabbergasted me.

1840 B. Disraeli Let. 15 July in Corr. with Sister (1886) 158 My facts flabbergasted him.

1878 J. B. Mozley Ess. I. 89 It perfectly flabbergasted the Commons.

Derivatives

ˌflabbergaˈstation n. the action of flabbergasting; the state of being flabbergasted.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > state of being surprised

astoningc1374

admirationc1425

stonishingc1520

stonishment1594

surprisedness1672

flabbergastation1856

1856 Punch 13 Dec. 240/1 We scarcely remember to have ever seen any respectable party in a greater state of flabbergastation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flabbergast
释义	flabbergastn. Brit. /ˈflabəɡɑːst/, /ˈflabəɡast/, U.S. /ˈflæbərˌɡæst/ Etymology: < flabbergast v.; for the sense compare ‘flabrigast to gasconade. Perthshire’ (Jamieson). ? Scottish. rare. Bombast. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast thundering1564 bombast1589 fustiana1593 taratantara1599 bombard-phrasea1637 heroics1638 bombacea1661 rant1662 Lexiphanicism1767 streperosity1772 puff1821 taffeta1821 polyphloisboioism1823 flabbergast1831 highfalutin1847 highfalutination1858 carmagnole1860 Barnumism1862 ballyhoo1901 1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 161 The ‘Asiatic style of oratory’ with..its meretricious flabbergast,—its diluvial verbiage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flabbergastv. Brit. /ˈflabəɡɑːst/, /ˈflabəɡast/, U.S. /ˈflæbərˌɡæst/ Forms: Also 1700s flaba-, 1800s flaber-. Etymology: First mentioned in 1772 as a new piece of fashionable slang; possibly of dialectal origin; Moor 1823 records it as a Suffolk word, and Jamieson, Suppl. 1825, has flabrigast to gasconade, flabrigastit worn out with exertion, as used in Perthshire. The formation is unknown; it is plausibly conjectured that the word is an arbitrary invention suggested by flabby adj. or flap n. and aghast adj. colloquial. transitive. To put (a person) in such confusion that he does not for the moment know what to do or say; to astonish utterly, to confound. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] gloppena1250 abavea1400 ferlya1400 forferlya1400 supprisec1405 stonish1488 surprend1549 stagger1556 thunderbolta1586 admire1598 startle1598 thunderstrike1613 siderate1623 dumbfound1653 surprise1655 stammer1656 strange1657 astartlea1680 dumbfounder1710 knock1715 to take aback1751 flabbergast1773 to take back1796 stagnate1829 to put aback1833 to make (a person) sit up1878 to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884 transmogrify1887 rock1947 to flip out1964 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy awhapec1300 stonyc1330 astony1340 astonec1374 mazec1390 stounda1400 stuna1400 to-stony?a1400 stounc1400 clumsec1440 overmusec1460 stonish1488 strike1533 dazzle1561 stoyne1563 stupefy1577 stupefact1583 obstupefy1611 astound1637 petrify1667 flabbergast1773 stagnatea1798 stama1800 swarf1813 boggle1835 razzle-dazzle1886 to knock sideways1890 stupend1900 gobsmack1987 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 Misc. Ess. 191/1 Now we are flabbergasted and bored from morning to night. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iv, in Moral Tales II. 117 They quite flabbergasted me. 1840 B. Disraeli Let. 15 July in Corr. with Sister (1886) 158 My facts flabbergasted him. 1878 J. B. Mozley Ess. I. 89 It perfectly flabbergasted the Commons. Derivatives ˌflabbergaˈstation n. the action of flabbergasting; the state of being flabbergasted. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > state of being surprised astoningc1374 admirationc1425 stonishingc1520 stonishment1594 surprisedness1672 flabbergastation1856 1856 Punch 13 Dec. 240/1 We scarcely remember to have ever seen any respectable party in a greater state of flabbergastation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831v.1773
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