Is Flippant a Real Word?

frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.

Is it flip or flippant?

Notes: Today's Good Word is rather ordinary except for its perfect synonymy with a part of itself, flip, which means the same thing as flippant (see Word History for the reason). The adverb is flippantly and the noun, flippancy.

What is Flipancy?

: unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.