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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Flippant (0.00839 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Flippant.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flippant
flippant
adj : showing inappropriate levity [syn:
light-minded]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flippant
Flippant
\Flip"pant\, n.
A flippant person. [R.] --Tennyson.
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Flippant
\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.
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It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant
and free in their speech. --Barrow.
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2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or
consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert;
petulant.
“Flippant epilogues.” --Thomson.
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To put flippant scorn to the blush. --I. Taylor.
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A sort of flippant, vain discourse. --Burke.
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