flippant

Adjective
Synonyms: light-minded

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. showing inappropriate levitySynonyms: light-minded
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Flippant \Flip"pant\, a. [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper.]

1.Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. [1913 Webster]

It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech.— Barrow.[1913 Webster]

2.Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogues." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

To put flippant scorn to the blush.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
A sort of flippant, vain discourse.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
Flippant \Flip"pant\, n. A flippant person. [R.] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
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