flippant
adjective /ˈflɪpənt/
/ˈflɪpənt/
(also informal flip)
(disapproving)- showing that you do not take something as seriously as other people think you should
- a flippant answer/attitude
- Sorry, I didn't mean to sound flippant.
- You can’t afford to be flippant about such matters.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlippant is used with these nouns:- remark
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from flip + -ant, perhaps on the pattern of heraldic terms such as couchant and rampant. Early senses included ‘nimble’ and ‘talkative’, hence ‘playful’, giving rise to the current use ‘lacking seriousness’.