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adjective

Flippant adj.

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."

Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogues." "To put flippant scorn to the blush." "A sort of flippant, vain discourse."

noun

Flippant n. A flippant person. (R.)

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