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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flippant \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flippant \Flip"pant\, n. A flippant person. [R.] --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flippant adj : showing inappropriate levity [syn: {light-minded}]
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