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flippant
(encz) | flippant,drzý adj: Michal Ambrož |
flippant
(encz) | flippant,neuctivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flippant
(encz) | flippant,prostořeký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Flippant
(gcide) | 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.
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It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant
and free in their speech. --Barrow.
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2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or
consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert;
petulant. "Flippant epilogues." --Thomson.
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To put flippant scorn to the blush. --I. Taylor.
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A sort of flippant, vain discourse. --Burke.
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Flippant
(gcide) | Flippant \Flip"pant\, n.
A flippant person. [R.] --Tennyson.
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flippant
(wn) | flippant
adj 1: showing inappropriate levity [syn: flippant, {light-
minded}] |
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flippant
(encz) | flippant,drzý adj: Michal Ambrožflippant,neuctivý adj: Zdeněk Brožflippant,prostořeký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flippantly
(encz) | flippantly,neuctivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Flippantly
(gcide) | Flippantly \Flip"pant*ly\, adv.
In a flippant manner.
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Flippantness
(gcide) | Flippantness \Flip"pant*ness\, n.
State or quality of being flippant.
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flippant
(wn) | flippant
adj 1: showing inappropriate levity [syn: flippant, {light-
minded}] |
flippantly
(wn) | flippantly
adv 1: in a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters'
questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained
to your children" [syn: flippantly, airily] |
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