Definition of Flippent
Flip"pant (?), a. [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; inconsiderate; pert;
petulant. "Flippant epilogues." Thomson.
To put flippant scorn to the
blush. I. Taylor.
A sort of flippant, vain
discourse. Burke.
Flip"pant, n. A flippant
person. [R.] Tennyson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Lacking proper respect or seriousness, showing inappropriate levity; pert.
- 2000: Anthony Howard and Jason Cowley, Decline and Fall, New Statesman, March 13, 2000 - In the mid-1950s we both wrote for the same weekly, where her contributions were a good deal more serious and less flippant than mine.
- Sylvia Brownrigg, The Metaphysical Touch - The conversations had grown more adult over the years--she was less flippant, at least.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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