flippancy

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flippancy

/ˈflɪ.pən.si/ UK
/ˈflɪ.pɛn.si/ US
/ˈflɪ.pɛnt.si/ US

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From flippant + -cy.

noun flippancies · flippance

countable, uncountable A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters. "It was the same direction from which the American had come. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was." "What did you do?" My flippancy was all gone.

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noun disrespectful levity or pertness

Español	falta de seriedad
Português	leviandade
Deutsch	Leichfertigkeit, fehlende Ernsthaftigkeit, mangelnder Ernst

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@misc{flippancy_2026,
  title = {flippancy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flippancy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}