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Webster 1913 Edition
Flippant
Flip′pant
,Adj.
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.
Flip′pant
,Noun.
A flippant person.
[R.]
Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flippant
FLIP'PANT
,Adj.
1.
Of smoother, fluent and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.2.
Pert; petulant; waggish.Away with flippant epilogues.