flippant

Significat (Anglès)

1. Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
2. (archaic) Loquacious; speaking with ease and rapidity.
3. (dialectal) Nimble; limber.

Conceptes

lleuger

jocós

ocurrent

frívol

Sinònims

frivolous

light

light-minded

nonchalant

fickle

shallow

fresh

saucy

light-headed

skin-deep

flighty

flip

impertinent

forward

lightsome

offhand

perfunctory

pert

presumptuous

put down

resilient

restless

sassy

sciolistic

slight

snub

superficial

thoughtless

do mischief

yeasty

snotty-nosed

be mischievous

be disrespectful

arrogant

facete

audacious

brazen

buoyant

capricious

casual

cursory

facetious

feathery

gentle

giddy

glib

insolent

jocular

Traduccions

frivolo

cavalier

désinvolte

leichtsinnig

ligero

küstah

oneerbiedig

frivol

فطن

spottend

Leichtfertigkeit

impertinente

αναιδής

nicht ganz ernst gemeint

schnodderig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈflɪ.pənt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb islandès: fleipa

In summary

1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present participle of flip (“to babble”), of North Germanic origin. Cognate with Icelandic fleipa (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal flepa (“to talk nonsense”). Alteration of -and suffix (a variant of the participial -ing) to -ant probably due to influence from words in -ant.