FLIPPANT

flippant, light-minded

(adjective) showing inappropriate levity

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

flippant (comparative more flippant, superlative most flippant)

(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity

(chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.

Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.

Synonyms

• See also cheeky

Antonyms

• serious

Source: Wiktionary

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Flip"pant, a. Etym: [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper.]

1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow.

2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsederate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogous." Thomson. To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke.

Flip"pant, n.

Definition: A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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