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highfalutin

[hahy-fuh-loot-n]

adjective Informal.

pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.

Also, high·fa·lu·tin', hifalutin, hifalutin', high·fa·lu·ting

[hahy-fuh-loo-ting, -loot-n] .

Origin:
1830–40; high + falutin (perhaps orig. flutin, variant of fluting, present participle of flute)

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highfalutin, hifalutin or highfaluting (ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn)

—*adj*
	informal pompous or pretentious

[C19: from high + -falutin, perhaps variant of fluting, from flute]

hifalutin, hifalutin or highfaluting

—*adj*

[C19: from high + -falutin, perhaps variant of fluting, from flute]

highfaluting, hifalutin or highfaluting

—*adj*

[C19: from high + -falutin, perhaps variant of fluting, from flute]

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