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highfalutin
adjective high·fa·lu·tin \ˌhī-fə-ˈlü-tən\
: seeming or trying to seem great or important
Full Definition of HIGHFALUTIN
1
: pretentious, fancy
2
: expressed in or marked by the use of high-flown bombastic language : pompous
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Variants of HIGHFALUTIN
high·fa·lu·tin also hi·fa·lu·tin \ˌhī-fə-ˈlü-tən\
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Origin of HIGHFALUTIN
perhaps from 2high + alteration of fluting, present participle of flute
First Known Use: 1839
Related to HIGHFALUTIN
- Synonyms
- aureate, florid, grandiloquent, flowery (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)
- Antonyms
- humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
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