Meaning
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
Etymology
Origin: German
1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present participle of flip (“to babble”), of North Germanic origin. Cognate with Icelandic fleipa (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal flepa (“to talk nonsense”). Alteration of -and suffix (a variant of the participial -ing) to -ant probably due to influence from words in -ant.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
serious
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles, including a pangram: