Synonyms

flippancy

[flip-uhnt] Origin

flip·pant

[flip-uhnt]
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 flip1 + -ant

flip·pan·cy, flip·pant·ness, noun
flip·pant·ly, adverb
un·flip·pant, adjective
un·flip·pant·ly, adverb


1. saucy, impertinent, impudent.

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Flippancy is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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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

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flippancy
1746, from flippant + -cy.
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