flippant

Etymology
1595, from Northern English dialectal, present participle of , of origin. Cognate with 🇨🇬, Swedish dialectal. Alteration of suffix (a variant of the participial ) to  probably due to influence from words in.

Adjective

 * 1) Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
 * 2)  ; speaking with ease and rapidity.
 * 3) * November 5, 1673,, sermon on the Gunpowder Treason
 * It becometh good men, in such cases, to be pleasantly flippant and free in their speech.
 * 1)  ; limber.
 * 1)  ; speaking with ease and rapidity.
 * 2) * November 5, 1673,, sermon on the Gunpowder Treason
 * It becometh good men, in such cases, to be pleasantly flippant and free in their speech.
 * 1)  ; limber.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, lehkovážný
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: impertinenta
 * Finnish:, epäasiallinen
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , , , mit fehlender Ernsthaftigkeit
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic: virðingarlaus
 * Italian:, , , , , sapientone, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: др́зок, несерио́зен, на́хален, за́качлив
 * Maori: ngahangaha
 * Norwegian: eplekjekk, flåset, flåsete
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1)  Surprising
 * 2)  Worrying; scary