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FLIPPANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flippancy mean?
• FLIPPANCY (noun)
The noun FLIPPANCY has 1 sense:
1. inappropriate levity
Familiarity information: FLIPPANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inappropriate levity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
flippancy; light-mindedness
Context example:
her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy
Hypernyms ("flippancy" is a kind of...):
levity (a manner lacking seriousness)
Derivation:
flippant (showing inappropriate levity)
Context examples
The knight, however, was too much intent upon the matter in hand to give heed to the flippancy of his squire.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My flippancy was all gone.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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