HIGHFALUTING

grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da

(adjective) affectedly genteel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

highfaluting (comparative more highfaluting, superlative most highfaluting)

Alternative form of highfalutin

Source: Wiktionary


High`fa*lu"ting, n. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.]

Definition: High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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