Definition of "flabagast"

flabagast

verb
third-person singular simple present flabagasts, present participle flabagasting, simple past flabagasted, past participle flabagasted or flabagast
1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast.
  Quotations
  They flabagast good manners and good morals, and only show that one of the parties is vex'd and disappinted.[sic]The author was known to write in American vernacular for purposes of humor. As a result, the spelling in this work is idiosyncratic.
  1834, Jack Downing [pseudonym; Seba Smith], chapter XXV, in The Life of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by T. K. Greenbank, page 183
  For I had talent: the promise and the drive to acquire advanced knowledge and skill to enundate or flabagast my superiors and excell in my profession.
  1989, T’best Ekeagwu, The Taste of Ordinary Life: (The Legacy for Every Negro Youth), Nigeria: T’best Ekeagwu, page 79
noun
plural flabagasts
1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast.