Definition of flippant Flippant
/flɪˈpʌnt/ - [flipunt] - flip•pant
We found 10 definitions of flippant from 6 different sources.
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What does flippant mean?
WordNet
Adjectiveflippant, flippanter, flippantest |
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| flippant - showing inappropriate levity | ||
| light-minded | ||
| frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flippant (Adjective)
glib. - flippant (Adjective)
nimble; limber. - flippant (Adjective)
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flippant (a.)
Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. - flippant (a.)
Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. - flippant (n.)
A flippant person.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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flippant
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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flippant
flip′ant, adj. quick and pert of speech: thoughtless.—ns. Flipp′ancy, Flipp′antness, pert fluency of speech: pertness.—adv. Flipp′antly. [Skeat explains as for flipp -and (Old Northumbrian pr.p. ending)—Ice. fleipa, to prattle.]
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