\Flip"pant\, a. [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W.
llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble,
prattle. Cf. {Flip}, {Fillip}, {Flap}, {Flipper}.]
1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease
   and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
         It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant
         and free in their speech.             --Barrow.
2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or
   consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert;
   petulant. ``Flippant epilogues.'' --Thomson.
         To put flippant scorn to the blush.   --I. Taylor.
         A sort of flippant, vain discourse.   --Burke.

\Flip"pant\, n.
A flippant person. [R.] --Tennyson.