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Get overexcited with wheeze that's saucy
Answer for the clue "Get overexcited with wheeze that's saucy ", 8 letters:
flippant
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flippant \Flip"pant\, a. [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip , Fillip , Flap , Flipper .] Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "talkative, nimble in talk;" 1670s, "displaying unbecoming levity," apparently an extended form of flip (v.). The ending is perhaps modeled on other adjectives in -ant or a relic of the Middle English present participle ending -inde . Shortened ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. showing inappropriate levity [syn: light-minded ]
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