flippant

[ flip-uhnt ]
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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.

  1. Archaic. glib; voluble.

Origin of flippant

1
1595–1605; apparently flip1 + -ant

Other 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
  1. marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand

  2. impertinent; saucy

  1. obsolete talkative or nimble

Origin of flippant

1
C17: perhaps from flip

Derived forms of flippant

  • flippancy, noun
  • flippantly, adverb

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