01 a. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
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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.
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Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.“To put flippant scorn to the blush.” — I. Taylor.“A sort of flippant, vain discourse.” — Burke.