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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

flip·pant

[flip-uh

nt] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.

2.	Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.

3.	Archaic. glib; voluble.

[Origin: 1595–1605; appar. flip¹ + -ant

]

—Related forms

flip·pan·cy, flip·pant·ness, noun

flip·pant·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. saucy, impertinent, impudent.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

flip·pant (flĭp'ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert.
Archaic Talkative; voluble.

[Probably from flip.]

flip'pan·cy n., flip'pant·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
flippant

"displaying unbecoming levity," 1605, apparently an extended form of flip (v.) (q.v.). Shortened form flip is attested from 1847.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

flippant
adjective
showing inappropriate levity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Flippant

Fil"lip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filliped; p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping.] [For filp, flip. Cf. Flippant.]

1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. "You filip me o' the head." --Shak.

2. To snap; to project quickly.

The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. --Tylor.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Flippant

Flip\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.] A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.

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