Associations to the word «Flippant»
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Wiktionary
FLIPPANT, adjective. (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
FLIPPANT, adjective. (chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
FLIPPANT, adjective. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
Dictionary definition
FLIPPANT, adjective. Showing inappropriate levity.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.