Associations to the word «Flippancy»

Wiktionary

FLIPPANCY, noun. A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.

Dictionary definition

FLIPPANCY, noun. Inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy".

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams