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<h1>Flippancy</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"pan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[See <er>Flippant</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being flippant.</def>

<blockquote>This <b>flippancy</b> of language. <i>Bp. Hurd.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flippant</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"pant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>flip</ets> to move nimbly; cf. W. <ets>llipa</ets> soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. <ets>fleipa</ets> to babble, prattle. Cf. <er>Flip</er>, <er>Fillip</er>, <er>Flap</er>, <er>Flipper</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.</def>

<blockquote>It becometh good men, in such cases, to be <b>flippant</b> and free in their speech. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsederate; pert; petulant.</def> "<i>Flippant</i> epilogous."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<blockquote>To put <b>flippant</b> scorn to the blush. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A sort of <b>flippant</b>, vain discourse. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flippant</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"pant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flippant person.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Flippantly</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"pant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a flippant manner.</def>

<h1>Flippantness</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"pant*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or quality of being flippant.</def>

<h1>Flipper</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Flip</er>, <er>Flippant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The hand.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Flirt</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flirted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flirting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>fleard</ets> trifle, folly, <ets>fleardian</ets> to trifle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; <as>as, they <ex>flirt</ex> water in each other's faces; he <ex>flirted</ex> a glove, or a handkerchief.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; <as>as, to <ex>flirt</ex> a fan</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am <b>flirted</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flirt</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flirt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; <as>as, they <ex>flirt</ex> with the young men</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To utter contemptious language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>