Flibbertigibbet KING LEAR, iii. 4. 113; iv. 1. 62.
This fiend is called Fliberdigibbet and
Fliberdigibet in Harsnet's Declaration of egregious Popish Impostures, 1603, pp. 49, 119;
which book Shakespeare is supposed to have used for the names of several fiends in King Lear.
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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