English

Verb

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

1. (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast^[1]
   • 1887. Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman. Punch: Volumes 92-93. Punch Publications. page 54.

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

   • 1967. The Pakistan review: Volume 15. Ferozsons Ltd. page 7.

     The old VC flabberghast- ed at the possiblity 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. Ovation: Volume 2, Issues 1-12. Ovation Magazine Associates.

     Our faithful customers never cease to flabberghast us.

References

1. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (1860) A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words, page 140