Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Flippancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State or quality of being flippant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
flippant .
Etymologies
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flippant + -ness
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Examples
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Hence her attempted cheerfulness became flippantness, and her laughter giggles that rang too frequently to be quite sincere -- though from Aunt Hannah it all elicited only an affectionate smile at "the dear child's high spirits."
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Hence her attempted cheerfulness became flippantness, and her laughter giggles that rang too frequently to be quite sincere -- though from Aunt Hannah it all elicited only an affectionate smile at "the dear child's high spirits."
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