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highfalutin

/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 2

adjective1

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(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
- It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
- That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!

noun1

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(no longer used) Pompous speech or writing.
- Don't write so much highfalutin next time. — 1865

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