flippancy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈflɪ.pɛn.si/ (US)
- /ˈflɪ.pən.si/ (UK)
- /ˈflɪ.pɛnt.si/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From flippant + -cy.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
"It was the same direction from which the American had come. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was." "What did you do?" My flippancy was all gone.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flippance | alternative | lexicographic | |
| flippancies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (12)
ga braschaint (disrespectful levity or pertness) · nl lichtzinnigheid (disrespectful levity or pertness) · de fehlende Ernsthaftigkeit (disrespectful levity or pertness) · de Leichfertigkeit (disrespectful levity or pertness) · ga soibealtacht (disrespectful levity or pertness) · pt leviandade (disrespectful levity or pertness) · bg непочтителност (disrespectful levity or pertness) · es falta de seriedad (disrespectful levity or pertness) · ga fídireacht (disrespectful levity or pertness) · ga braise (disrespectful levity or pertness) · ga deiliús (disrespectful levity or pertness) · de mangelnder Ernst (disrespectful levity or pertness)