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  • 21St Lite — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = St Lite caption = sire = Diolite dam = Flippancy damsire = Flamboyant sex = Stallion foaled = 1938 country = Japan flagicon|Japan colour = Dark Bay breeder = Koiwai Nojo owner = Kato Yusaku trainer =… …

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  • 22Leigh Hunt — James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 ndash; August 28, 1859) was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer. BiographyEarly lifeHe was born at Southgate, London, Middlesex, where his parents had settled after leaving the USA. His father, a… …

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  • 23Insolence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Undue assumption of superiority. < N PARAG:Insolence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insolence insolence Sgm: N 1 haughtiness haughtiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 arrogance arrogance airs Sgm: N 1 overbearance overbearance …

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  • 24flippant — flip|pant [ˈflıpənt] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: FLIP1] not being serious about something that other people think you should be serious about ▪ a rather flippant remark flippant about ▪ You shouldn t be flippant about such things.… …

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  • 25flippant — [[t]flɪ̱pənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person or what they say as flippant, you are criticizing them because you think they are not taking something as seriously as they should. Don t be flippant, damn it! This is serious! …

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  • 26light-mindedness — noun inappropriate levity (Freq. 1) her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy • Syn: ↑flippancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑light minded, ↑flippant (for: ↑flippan …

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  • 27flip|ness — «FLIHP nihs», noun. = flippancy. (Cf. ↑flippancy) …

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  • 28Subsultorily — Subsultory Sub*sul to*ry, a. [L. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub under + salire to leap.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] {Sub*sul to*ri*ly}, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster] Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the… …

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  • 29Subsultory — Sub*sul to*ry, a. [L. subsilire, subsultum, to spring up; sub under + salire to leap.] Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] {Sub*sul to*ri*ly}, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster] Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the… …

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  • 30C. S. Lewis — C.S. Lewis aged 50 Born Clive Staples Lewis 29 November 1898(1898 11 29) Belfast, Ireland Died …

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