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Meaning of HIGHFALUTING

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 Definition: [adj]  affectedly genteel
 
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 Synonyms: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da, pretentious
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\High`fa*lu"ting\, n. [Perh. a corruption of
highflighting.]
High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.]
[Jocular, U. S.] --Lowell.
 

 

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