flippant

Adjective Satellite

showing inappropriate levity

Adj

Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
Loquacious; speaking with ease and rapidity.
Nimble; limber.

Adjective

Showing a disrespectful or glib attitude; impertinent.

Examples

His flippant remark about my ’Z’ placement made me determined to school him.

Origin / Etymology

1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present participle of flip (“to babble”), of North Germanic origin. Cognate with Icelandic fleipa (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal flepa (“to talk nonsense”). Alteration of -and suffix (a variant of the participial -ing) to -ant probably due to influence from words in -ant.

Synonyms

light-minded

Antonyms

serious

Scrabble Score: 15

flippant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flippant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flippant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

flippant: valid Words With Friends Word