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  1. 1. a. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A flippant person. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. showing inappropriate levity Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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; inconsederate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogous." Thomson. To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke. A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson. Source: webster
  6. 6. A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson. Source: adambom
  7. 7. j:100 s. showing inappropriate levity Source: ecdict

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