flip·pant /ˈflɪpənt/
(a.)輕率的,沒禮貌的,嘴碎的
Flip·pant a.
1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. --Barrow.
2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. “Flippant epilogues.”
To put flippant scorn to the blush. --I. Taylor.
A sort of flippant, vain discourse. --Burke.
Flip·pant, n. A flippant person. [R.]
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flippant
adj : showing inappropriate levity [syn: light-minded]