Meaning of FLIPPANCY
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[n] inappropriate levity |
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FLIPPANCY is a 9 letter word that starts with F. |
| | Synonyms: | | light-mindedness |
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| | See Also: | | levity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flip"pan*cy\, n.[See {Flippant}.]
The state or quality of being flippant.
This flippancy of language. --Bp. Hurd.
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| | Related Terms: | | absentmindedness, banter, booing, brashness, brassiness, brazenfacedness, brazenness, carelessness, catcalling, chaffing, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, contempt, derision, discourtesy, disregard, disregardfulness, disrespect, disrespectfulness, distraction, face of brass, facetiousness, fleering, flightiness, fooling, freshness, frivolity, frivolousness, giddiness, grinning, heedlessness, hissing, hooting, impertinence, impishness, impudence, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, inconsideration, incuriosity, indifference, inobservance, insolence, irreverence, jeering, jocularity, joshing, leering, levity, lightmindedness, lip, merriment, mischievousness, mockery, mouth, negligence, nonobservance, obliviousness, offhandedness, panning, pertness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, ragging, raillery, rallying, razzing, regardlessness, ridicule, roasting, roguishness, rudeness, sauciness, scoffing, shallowness, side, smart-aleckiness, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, sportiveness, superficiality, taunting, thoughtlessness, trickery, trickiness, twitting, unalertness, unawareness, unconsciousness, unheedfulness, unintentiveness, unmindfulness, unobservance, unwariness, unwatchfulness, volatility, waggery, waggishness |
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