flippant
1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand ("prattling, babbling, glib"), present participle of flip ("to babble"), of gmq origin. Pronunciation
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1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand ("prattling, babbling, glib"), present participle of flip ("to babble"), of gmq origin. Pronunciation
- (America, British) IPA: /ˈflɪ.pənt/
flippant
- (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
- It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech.
- (chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
- Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
- a sort of flippant, vain discourse
- 1998, Sylvia Brownrigg, The Metaphysical Touch
- The conversations had grown more adult over the years—she was less flippant, at least.
- 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.
- 2004, Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, page 147
- Our society treats smoking flippantly as a slightly distasteful habit that can injure your health. It is not. It is drug addiction.
- See also Thesaurus:cheeky
- French: désinvolte, cavalier
- German: schnodderig, vorlaut, frech, oberflächlich, leichtfertig
- Italian: impertinente, disinvolto, faceto, frivolo, irriverente, sapientone, fanfarone, spaccone, gradasso
- Portuguese: insolente, impertinente
- Russian: де́рзкий
- Spanish: fresco, insolente
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