Flip"pant , n. A flippant person. [R.]
Tennyson.
Flip"pant (?), a. [Prov.
E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper.] 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.
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