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Definition of Flippancy
1. Noun. Inappropriate levity. "Her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy"
Definition of Flippancy
1. n. The state or quality of being flippant.
Definition of Flippancy
1. Noun. A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flippancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flippancy
Literary usage of Flippancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1894)
"The " February " number of " Education " (page 352) contains an article by HE
Monroe, Philadelphia, Pa., which offers an illustration of such flippancy and ..."
2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"flippancy at funerals. — Campo Santo at Naples. — Gruesome conditions. — Ubiquity
of beggars. — Convent of St. Martino. — Masterpiece of Spagnoletto. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... from the very beginning from the Divine substance and was deified by the
sufferings, death, and Resurrection of the Saviour. not spoiled by flippancy. ..."
4. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"Dangers of Newspaper flippancy.—The Political Position of the Clergyman. — Opinion
of ancient Theologians. — How far the Clergyman ought to share in the ..."
5. Literary Criticisms and Other Papers by Horace Binney Wallace (1856)
"After reading a recent History on a great American subject, we concluded that
flippancy was the worst fault of a historian ; but upon finishing Yon Räumer, ..."
6. The Brontë Family: With Special Reference to Patrick Branwell Brontë by Francis A. Leyland (1886)
"... Head—Their Determination to Maintain themselves —Charlotte's Fears respecting
Emily—Charlotte's religious Melancholy—Accuses herself of flippancy— She ..."
7. Famous Pamphlets by Henry Morley (1886)
"... under the names of flippancy, arrogance, conceit, misrepresentation, and
malevolence; reproaches which you will only regard as so many acknowledgments ..."
8. Village Life in Egypt: With Sketches of the Saïd by Bayle St. John (1853)
"... reading Hieroglyphics — Reason of presumed Failure — French flippancy — Failure
of Philologists — Reasons — Jumping to a Conclusion — Hasty Criticism— ..."
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