highfalutin
The origin and history of highfalutin.
Etymology
Possibly an alteration of high-fluting, though another theory links it to high-flighting/-flying. It is first recorded around 1839, in the Spirit of the Times.
The origin and history of highfalutin.
Possibly an alteration of high-fluting, though another theory links it to high-flighting/-flying. It is first recorded around 1839, in the Spirit of the Times.
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