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flip·pant
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ˈflɪp
ənt
/
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flip
-
uh
nt
]
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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;
apparently
flip
1
+
-ant
Related forms
flip·pan·cy,
flip·pant·ness,
noun
flip·pant·ly,
adverb
un·flip·pant,
adjective
un·flip·pant·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
1.
saucy, impertinent, impudent.
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flippant
(ˈflɪpənt)
—
adj
1.
marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
2.
impertinent; saucy
3.
obsolete
talkative or nimble
[C17: perhaps from
flip
]
'flippancy
—
n
'flippantly
—
adv
flippant
(ˈflɪpənt)
—
adj
1.
marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
2.
impertinent; saucy
3.
obsolete
talkative or nimble
[C17: perhaps from
flip
]
'flippancy
—
n
'flippantly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
flippant
"displaying unbecoming levity," c.1600, apparently an extended form of
flip
(v.). Shortened form flip is attested from 1847. Related: Flippantly.
flippancy
1746, from
flippant
+
-cy
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Without him, the magazine lost both sophistication and
flippancy
.
Sarcastic, tired
flippancy
has stolen the place of the first, and lugubrious
resentment has deposed the second.
Everything that savors of levity or
flippancy
, in connection with this subject,
ought to excite the deepest repugnance.
However, to an outsider it is rightly perceived as rank
flippancy
.
His studied lightness and occasional
flippancy
do not conceal a dedicated concern, a personal anguish.
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