flippant
AdjectiveUS[flip-uhnt]/ˈflɪpənt/2 syllables
Synonyms:
light-minded
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- showing inappropriate levitySynonyms: light-mindedOpposite seriousSimilar frivolous
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Flip′pant adjective
Origin: 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.
It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech.— Isaac Barrow
2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. “Flippant epilogues.” James Thomson
To put flippant scorn to the blush.— Isaac Taylor
A sort of flippant, vain discourse.— Edmund Burke
Flip′pant noun
A flippant person. rare Alfred Tennyson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54