flippantadj.

Brit.

/ˈflɪp(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈflɪpənt/

Forms: Also 1600s flippent.

Etymology: apparently < flip v. (sense 5). Compare flip adj.¹ used in dialect in senses 1, 2 below; an ablaut-variant of the root, with related meaning, occurs in Old Norse fleipr babble, fleipa (Swedish dialect flepa) to talk foolishly. The suffix may possibly be an alteration of the Middle English participial ending -inde -ing suffix², or the word may have been formed in 16th cent. on the analogy of participial adjectives in -ant suffix¹, such as the heraldic trippant.

†1. Nimble, moving lightly or alertly; easily moved or managed, light to the hand; pliant, flexible, limber. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]

tougha700

lithyc1000

softc1330

weak?a1366

plianta1382

persha1398

plyinga1398

lithec1400

supplec1400

plicable?a1425

curvable?1440

lethec1440

scretec1440

pliablec1475

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limber1565

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renderingc1600

fluxible1607

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bendable1611

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maniable1633

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limp1706

yieldy1757

complying1774

limberly1782

willowy1791

switchy1810

wandy1825

twistable1853

bendsome1861

whippy1867

swack1868

bendy1873

the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > light to handle or more

flippant1677

fingertip1932

the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed

handsome1440

wieldya1450

maniable1484

willing?a1513

tractable1555

wieldsome1565

manuable1594

manageable1598

handleable1611

subject1619

manuala1631

handy1640

flippant1677

wieldablea1688

clever1715

able1741

habile1741

docile1774

sweet1883

hand-tame1911

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

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nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 73 It is a bird of the flippantst wing, which as it moueth with most nimblenesse, so it doth the greatest mischiefe.

1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 26 Targets, though very flippent ones, have not only resisted the Push of the Pikes, but also [etc.].

1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 27 The Pike..is carried tapering, to poise it the better, and thereby renders it the more flippent for those who use it.

1895 Windsor Mag. July 21 ‘She weer flippant on 'er feet that night..an' tored hoff as fast as a wind-hover.’

†2.

a. Of the tongue: ‘Nimble’, voluble. Hence of persons: Ready in the use of words, speaking freely, fluent, talkative, voluble. Of conversation or discourse: Fluent, sparkling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

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smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

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long-tongued?1553

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discoursive1599

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flippant1605

talkful1605

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tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

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unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > fluent or unforced > of writers

flippant1605

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > fluent or unforced

gentc1390

renablec1410

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current1577

ready1583

voluble1598

facile1607

unforceda1616

fluent1625

sliding1627

unstudied1657

flippanta1677

easy1711

fast-flowing1770

fluida1794

superfluent1917

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles v. i As for your mother, she was wise, a most flippant tongue she had.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 453 It becometh them not..to be dumpish..but..pleasantly flippant and free in their speech.

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. S 3/1 A flippant discourse, un discours coulant.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 247. ¶9 An excellent Anatomist, has promised me..to dissect a Woman's Tongue, and to examine whether there may not be in it certain Juices which render it so wonderfully voluble or flippant.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1765 I. 269 [Johnson:] She [sc. Mrs. Thrale] is more flippant; but he has ten times her learning.

1794 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 427 The wines are good and the conversation flippant.

†b. In bad sense: Impertinently voluble. (Cf. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > impudent in speech or of speech

bardish1641

brisk1665

flippant1677

sassy1799

slang1818

lippy1875

smart-mouthed1967

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. S3/1 A flippant and forward woman, une coquete une libertine.

1727 J. Gay Fables I. xii. 41 The husband's sullen, dogged, shy, The wife grows flippant in reply.

†3. Sportive, playful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]

gamingOE

playfulc1225

gamefulc1275

gamelya1350

gamesomea1375

playable?c1475

frisky?a1500

sporting1549

sportful1577

toyish1577

toyful1580

sportive1593

gambol1600

sportly1600

sporting1607

playsome1612

jiggish1635

toysome1638

ludible1656

ludibund1668

good-humoured1682

flippant1711

lusory1711

gamp1737

kittenish1753

sportable1767

disportive1773

whisky1782

playward1878

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful and lively

taitc1300

cant1330

crouse?a1400

pert?a1513

sprightya1522

aleger1590

sprightly1594

sunshine1594

brighta1616

lifesomec1635

flippant1711

cantya1724

saucy1741

chirk1789

chipper1806

chirrupy1808

up1815

chirpy1837

breezy1870

cyclonish1884

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 260. ⁋1 I am now as..flippant if I see a pretty Woman, as when in my Youth.

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 157 Like Lovers Sprightly Goddess she's flippant and gay.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 315 The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.

4. Displaying unbecoming levity in the consideration of serious subjects or in behaviour to persons entitled to respect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adjective]

gamelike1592

sportive1593

badine1685

galliardizing1695

flippant1724

unsedate1823

flip1847

1724 D. Waterland Farther Vind. Christ's Div. in Wks. IV. 12 It very ill becomes this gentleman..to grow so exceeding flippant.

1781 F. Burney Jrnls. 26 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 385 I was reading Sherlock's flippant, but entertaining Letters.

1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) i. 14 That..peculiarity, which a flippant and superficial philosophy has sometimes charged upon the Scriptures as a blemish.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 176 The flippant contempt with which the guests evidently regarded her uncle.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 251 The flippant way in which she has treated his attentions.

5. absol. passing into noun. A flippant person.In first quot. Richardson seems to have thought the word was of Italian origin, and fabricates a pseudo-Italian plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxviii. 291 It concerns me, however, not a little, to find our affair so generally known among the Flippanti of both sexes.]

1791 W. Cowper Judgm. Poets 22 They gentle called, and kind and soft, The flippant and the scold.

1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 269 The flippants and pragmatics who infest all the highways of society.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cviii. 169 The stern were mild when thou wert by, The flippant put himself to school And heard thee.

Derivatives

ˈflippantly adv. in a flippant manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adverb]

dallyingly?1545

triflingly1579

toyishly1581

light-headed1639

light-headedly1713

flippantly1758

flightily1780

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]

agamec1300

bourdfullya1400

in sportc1450

aplay1459

bourdly1500

in jest1551

bourdingly1552

sportingly1561

jestingly1569

sportingwise1579

sportfullya1586

sportively1656

for fun1750

flippantly1758

pour rire1872

1758 H. Walpole Let. 8 July in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 286 It is time for me to check my pen that asks so flippantly.

1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 15/2 Mrs. Thrale asked him somewhat flippantly, ‘Why do you put him up in the counting-house?’

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. iv. 61 Flippantly tapping at the doors of thought.

ˈflippantness n. the quality of being flippant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [noun] > quality of being not serious

flippantness1727

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Flippantness.

1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 84 The flippantness of French philosophers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flippant
释义	flippantadj. Brit. /ˈflɪp(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈflɪpənt/ Forms: Also 1600s flippent. Etymology: apparently < flip v. (sense 5). Compare flip adj.¹ used in dialect in senses 1, 2 below; an ablaut-variant of the root, with related meaning, occurs in Old Norse fleipr babble, fleipa (Swedish dialect flepa) to talk foolishly. The suffix may possibly be an alteration of the Middle English participial ending -inde -ing suffix², or the word may have been formed in 16th cent. on the analogy of participial adjectives in -ant suffix¹, such as the heraldic trippant. †1. Nimble, moving lightly or alertly; easily moved or managed, light to the hand; pliant, flexible, limber. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > light to handle or more flippant1677 fingertip1932 the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed handsome1440 wieldya1450 maniable1484 willing?a1513 tractable1555 wieldsome1565 manuable1594 manageable1598 handleable1611 subject1619 manuala1631 handy1640 flippant1677 wieldablea1688 clever1715 able1741 habile1741 docile1774 sweet1883 hand-tame1911 the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 73 It is a bird of the flippantst wing, which as it moueth with most nimblenesse, so it doth the greatest mischiefe. 1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 26 Targets, though very flippent ones, have not only resisted the Push of the Pikes, but also [etc.]. 1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 27 The Pike..is carried tapering, to poise it the better, and thereby renders it the more flippent for those who use it. 1895 Windsor Mag. July 21 ‘She weer flippant on 'er feet that night..an' tored hoff as fast as a wind-hover.’ †2. a. Of the tongue: ‘Nimble’, voluble. Hence of persons: Ready in the use of words, speaking freely, fluent, talkative, voluble. Of conversation or discourse: Fluent, sparkling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > fluent or unforced > of writers flippant1605 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > fluent or unforced gentc1390 renablec1410 flowing1553 round1565 unracked1572 current1577 ready1583 voluble1598 facile1607 unforceda1616 fluent1625 sliding1627 unstudied1657 flippanta1677 easy1711 fast-flowing1770 fluida1794 superfluent1917 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles v. i As for your mother, she was wise, a most flippant tongue she had. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 453 It becometh them not..to be dumpish..but..pleasantly flippant and free in their speech. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. S 3/1 A flippant discourse, un discours coulant. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 247. ¶9 An excellent Anatomist, has promised me..to dissect a Woman's Tongue, and to examine whether there may not be in it certain Juices which render it so wonderfully voluble or flippant. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1765 I. 269 [Johnson:] She [sc. Mrs. Thrale] is more flippant; but he has ten times her learning. 1794 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 427 The wines are good and the conversation flippant. †b. In bad sense: Impertinently voluble. (Cf. 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > impudent in speech or of speech bardish1641 brisk1665 flippant1677 sassy1799 slang1818 lippy1875 smart-mouthed1967 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. S3/1 A flippant and forward woman, une coquete une libertine. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xii. 41 The husband's sullen, dogged, shy, The wife grows flippant in reply. †3. Sportive, playful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] gamingOE playfulc1225 gamefulc1275 gamelya1350 gamesomea1375 playable?c1475 frisky?a1500 sporting1549 sportful1577 toyish1577 toyful1580 sportive1593 gambol1600 sportly1600 sporting1607 playsome1612 jiggish1635 toysome1638 ludible1656 ludibund1668 good-humoured1682 flippant1711 lusory1711 gamp1737 kittenish1753 sportable1767 disportive1773 whisky1782 playward1878 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful and lively taitc1300 cant1330 crouse?a1400 pert?a1513 sprightya1522 aleger1590 sprightly1594 sunshine1594 brighta1616 lifesomec1635 flippant1711 cantya1724 saucy1741 chirk1789 chipper1806 chirrupy1808 up1815 chirpy1837 breezy1870 cyclonish1884 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 260. ⁋1 I am now as..flippant if I see a pretty Woman, as when in my Youth. 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 157 Like Lovers Sprightly Goddess she's flippant and gay. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 315 The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. 4. Displaying unbecoming levity in the consideration of serious subjects or in behaviour to persons entitled to respect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adjective] gamelike1592 sportive1593 badine1685 galliardizing1695 flippant1724 unsedate1823 flip1847 1724 D. Waterland Farther Vind. Christ's Div. in Wks. IV. 12 It very ill becomes this gentleman..to grow so exceeding flippant. 1781 F. Burney Jrnls. 26 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 385 I was reading Sherlock's flippant, but entertaining Letters. 1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) i. 14 That..peculiarity, which a flippant and superficial philosophy has sometimes charged upon the Scriptures as a blemish. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xix. 176 The flippant contempt with which the guests evidently regarded her uncle. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 251 The flippant way in which she has treated his attentions. 5. absol. passing into noun. A flippant person.In first quot. Richardson seems to have thought the word was of Italian origin, and fabricates a pseudo-Italian plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxviii. 291 It concerns me, however, not a little, to find our affair so generally known among the Flippanti of both sexes.] 1791 W. Cowper Judgm. Poets 22 They gentle called, and kind and soft, The flippant and the scold. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 269 The flippants and pragmatics who infest all the highways of society. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cviii. 169 The stern were mild when thou wert by, The flippant put himself to school And heard thee. View more context for this quotation Derivatives ˈflippantly adv. in a flippant manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adverb] dallyingly?1545 triflingly1579 toyishly1581 light-headed1639 light-headedly1713 flippantly1758 flightily1780 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb] agamec1300 bourdfullya1400 in sportc1450 aplay1459 bourdly1500 in jest1551 bourdingly1552 sportingly1561 jestingly1569 sportingwise1579 sportfullya1586 sportively1656 for fun1750 flippantly1758 pour rire1872 1758 H. Walpole Let. 8 July in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 286 It is time for me to check my pen that asks so flippantly. 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 15/2 Mrs. Thrale asked him somewhat flippantly, ‘Why do you put him up in the counting-house?’ 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. iv. 61 Flippantly tapping at the doors of thought. ˈflippantness n. the quality of being flippant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [noun] > quality of being not serious flippantness1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Flippantness. 1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 84 The flippantness of French philosophers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605
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