Definition of "flippant" []

• Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert. (adjective)
• Archaic Talkative; voluble. (adjective)

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• "If she is right, I can only suppose that Miss Pettigrew in using the word flippant meant to support the authority of her subordinates and to snub Lalage for attempting to rebel against time-honoured tradition."
• "* Flipe -- One who is "flippant" -- of which word it is the substantive, and a good one too."
• "There are levels to him that rise and fall as his emotions do, yet underneath the flippant is a deep guy with a good heart."