Definition of "flippant" in Englisch

adjective

1. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.

2. (archaic) Loquacious; speaking with ease and rapidity.

   • November 5, 1673, Isaac Barrow, sermon on the Gunpowder Treason It becometh good men, in such cases, to be pleasantly flippant and free in their speech.

3. (chiefly dialectal) Nimble; limber.