flippant

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

cavalier

désinvolte

insouciant

léger

railleur

facétieux

irrévérencieux

Synonymes

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

Traductions

frivolo

impertinente

frivol

oneerbiedig

küstah

ligero

spottend

فطن

Leichtfertigkeit

leichtsinnig

frech

scherzhaft

schnippisch

vorlaut

Oberflächlichkeit

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈflɪ.pənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à islandais: 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.