Associations to the word «Flippant»

Wiktionary

FLIPPANT, adjective. (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
FLIPPANT, adjective. (chiefly dialectal) nimble; limber.
FLIPPANT, adjective. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.

Dictionary definition

FLIPPANT, adjective. Showing inappropriate levity.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne