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flip·pant
[flip-uh
nt] Pronunciation Key
[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. |
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| flip·pant
(flĭp'ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Probably from flip.] flip'pan·cy n., flip'pant·ly adv. |
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flippant
flippant
"displaying unbecoming levity," 1605, apparently an extended form of flip (v.) (q.v.). Shortened form flip is attested from 1847.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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