Both Uses of
flippant
in
The Age of Innocence
- Nothing could be in worse taste than misplaced flippancy; and he answered somewhat stiffly: "Yes, you have been away a very long time."†
Chpt 2 *flippancy = an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- He did not mind being flippant about New York, but disliked to hear any one else take the same tone.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness