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Webster 1913 Edition


Flippancy

Flip′pan-cy

,
Noun.
[See
Flippant
.]
The state or quality of being flippant.
This
flippancy
of language.
Bp. Hurd.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flippancy

FLIP'PANCY

,
Noun.
[See Flippant.] Smoothness and rapidity of speech; volubility of tongue; fluency of speech.

Definition 2024


flippancy

flippancy

English

Noun

flippancy (plural flippancies)

  1. A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.

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