Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - highfalutin
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Highfalutin
highfalutin
also hifalutin adjective Etymology: perhaps from 2high + alteration of fluting, present participle of flute Date: 1839 1. pretentious, fancy 2. expressed in or marked by the use of high-flown bombastic language ; pompous
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1.
adj. & n. (also highfaluting) colloq. --adj. absurdly pompous or pretentious. --n. highfalutin speech or writing. Etymology: HIGH + - falutin, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. разг. напыщенность, высокопарность to express the pures poetry without highfalutin —- передать чистейшую поэзию без всякой напыщенности 2. разг. напыщенный, высокопарный, претенциозный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
People sometimes use highfalutin to describe something that they think is being made to sound complicated or important in order to impress people. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) This isn’t highfalutin art-about-art. It’s marvellous and adventurous stuff. = pretentious ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
4.
~ adj informal highfalutin language or behaviour seems silly although it is intended to be impressive ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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