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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: flippant (0.01165 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. “Flippant epilogues.” --Thomson. [1913 Webster] To put flippant scorn to the blush. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] A sort of flippant, vain discourse. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

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