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flippant

[ flip-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:

    The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
  3. Archaic. glib; voluble.


flippant

/ ˈ´Ú±ôɪ±èÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
  2. impertinent; saucy
  3. obsolete.
    talkative or nimble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ú±ô¾±±è±è²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ´Ú±ô¾±±è±è²¹²Ô³¦²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô·³¦²â ´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù adjective
  • un·´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flippant1

1595–1605; apparently flip 1 + -ant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of flippant1

C17: perhaps from flip
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Example Sentences

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Not to be flippant, but that’s exactly what every day under Trump’s second term has felt like so far — minus the latex.

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“It could seem flippant, but he was making a serious point, saying, ‘I felt like I was going to be sacrificed, so this is what I wanted to do before that happened.’

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Only those flippant idiots who spread their vile verbal excrement on a variety of media platforms to feather their own nest think otherwise.

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Trump has long displayed adversarial and flippant views of the U.S. intelligence community, flouted safeguards over classified information and directly berated the law enforcement agencies like the FBI.

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Which is why, when he talked recently about losing sleep at the start of the season, it sounded like much more than some flippant comment.

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