highfalutin

ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn

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#1·4h ago

(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.

Origin: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(archaic) Pompous speech or writing.

Don't write so much highfalutin next time.

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