Flippant
['flɪp(ə)nt] or ['flɪpənt]
Definition
(a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
(a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
(n.) A flippant person.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Voluble, fluent, glib, talkative, nimble of speech, of ready utterance.[2]. Pert, impertinent, saucy, malapert, forward, bold, impudent.
Typed by Dewey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pert, forward, superficial, thoughtless, saucy, malapert
ANT:Flattering, servile, obsequious, accurate, considerate, deferential,complimentary, respectful
Typist: Psyche
Definition
adj. quick and pert of speech: thoughtless.—ns. Flipp′ancy Flipp′antness pert fluency of speech: pertness.—adv. Flipp′antly.
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Examples
- He did not mind being flippant about New York, but disliked to hear any one else take the same tone. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The venerable Mother of the Republics is scarce a fit subject for flippant speech or the idle gossipping of tourists. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is rather too bad of Fred to repeat my flippant speeches to Mr. Farebrother. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- At length, in the darkness, came her voice, hard and indifferent: 'Very little indeed,' she said coldly, almost flippant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There he lay, unowned, unknown, exposed to the flippant curiosity of a French mob! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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