D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Flippant

/flĭp'-ənt/ · Flip·pant · IPA /ˈflɪp.ənt/
01 a. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
  1. 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. 2.
    Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
    “To put flippant scorn to the blush.” I. Taylor.
    “A sort of flippant, vain discourse.” Burke.
02 n. A flippant person.
  1. 1.
    A flippant person.[R.]