flippant
[ flip-uhnt ]
adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
Archaic. glib; voluble.
Origin of flippant
1Other words for flippant
Other words from flippant
- flip·pan·cy, flip·pant·ness, noun
- flip·pant·ly, adverb
- un·flip·pant, adjective
- un·flip·pant·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for flippant
flippant
/ (ˈflɪpənt) /
adjective
marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
impertinent; saucy
obsolete talkative or nimble
Origin of flippant
1C17: perhaps from flip
Derived forms of flippant
- flippancy, noun
- flippantly, adverb
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