highfalutin

Adjective
Synonyms: grandiosehifalutinhighfalutinghoity-toityla-di-da

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. affectedly genteelSynonyms: grandiosehifalutinhighfalutinghoity-toityla-di-da
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

highfalutin \highfalutin\ highfaluting \highfaluting\ highfalutin' \highfalutin'\adj. Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish. [Written also hifalutin.] [informal]

Syn: grandiose, hifalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da. [WordNet 1.5] highfalutin

highfalutin \high`fa*lu"tin\, highfaluting \high`fa*lu"ting\, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
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