flippancy

Noun
Synonyms: light-mindedness

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. inappropriate levity“Annika reacted to Tom's flippancy with a cool stare”Synonyms: light-mindednessType of levity
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Flip′pan·cy noun

Origin: See Flippant.

The state or quality of being flippant.

This flippancy of language.— Bp. Richard Hurd

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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