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flippant

flip·pant

adj

1. Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert.
2. Archaic Talkative; voluble.

The venerable Mother of the Republics is scarce a fit subject for flippant speech or the idle gossipping of tourists.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark

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