Flippant
WordNet
adjective
(1) Showing inappropriate levity
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , with the original meaning of "nimble". suffix of unclear origins, possibly a corruption of Middle English , a variant of the participial , under the influence of French words in .
Adjective
- Lacking respect or seriousness, showing levity; pert.
- 2000, Anthony Howard and Jason Cowley, Decline and Fall, New Statesman, March 13, 2000
- In the mid-1950s we both wrote for the same weekly, where her contributions were a good deal more serious and less flippant than mine.
- Sylvia Brownrigg, The Metaphysical Touch
- The conversations had grown more adult over the years--she was less flippant, at least.
- Allen Carr, Allen Carrs Easyway To Stop Smoking
- Our society treats smoking flippantly as a slightly distasteful habit that can injure your health. It is not. It is drug addiction.
- 2000, Anthony Howard and Jason Cowley, Decline and Fall, New Statesman, March 13, 2000