What is the Latin word for flippant?

The usual Latin words for “flippant” are volūbilis, protervus, procāx; also petulāns, lascīvus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“flippant” in Latin

volūbilisturning, spinning, whirling, rolling, revolving (that turns itself around); rapid, fluent, voluble; changeable, mutable protervusviolent, vehement; reckless, wanton, shameless, impudent; audacious procāxbold, brash, shameless, impudent, insolent, forward, pert, saucy, wanton petulānspert, saucy, impudent, wanton; freakish; petulant lascīvuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd; luxuriant

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

flippant

volubilis: protervus: procax: petulans: lascivus [SYN. in WANTON]: *justo promtior (too ready; e.g., lingua).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for flippant?: The usual Latin words for “flippant” are volūbilis, protervus, procāx; also petulāns, lascīvus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.